*ḳVsVm-: 'divide, allot' 1, 'divination' 2, 'oath, to swear' 3

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḳVsVm-
Meaning'divide, allot' 1, 'divination' 2, 'oath, to swear' 3
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewmiqsām 2 (BDB 890); qsm 2 (HALOT 1115)BDB 890; HALOT 1115gloss withheld
Geezq-s-m 1 (Dillmann 03377); maqsem 2 (HALOT 1116); ʾastaqasama 2 (HALOT 1115); qasm 2 (LGz. 446)Dillmann 03377; HALOT 1116; HALOT 1115; LGz. 446gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicqismā 2 (HALOT 1115)HALOT 1115
Aramaicqsm, qsmʾ 2 (HALOT 1115)HALOT 1115
Arabicqasama 1; qism 1 (HALOT 1115; HALOT 1116); istaqsama 2 (Lane 2988); qasama X 2 (HALOT 1115); qasam 3 (Lane 2988); ʔaqsama 3; qaṣṣama 3 (LGz. 446)HALOT 1115; HALOT 1116; Lane 2988; LGz. 446gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicqeṣmā 2 (HALOT 1115; Payne Smith 515); qṣam 2 (Payne Smith 515)HALOT 1115; Payne Smith 515gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaickṣm 2 (HALOT 1115); kaṣma 2; kamṣ 2 (LGz. 446)HALOT 1115; LGz. 446gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab qs³mt 1 (SD 109; Sabaweb lemma 4808); Min mḳs₃m 2 (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 14); Sab mqs1m 2, 3 (SD 108), 2 (Sabaweb lemma 4797)SD 109; Sabaweb lemma 4808; Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 14; SD 108; Sabaweb lemma 4797gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʾqsm 3 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 46)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 46gloss withheld
AmoriteMari aq-sa-am-ma, qasâmum 2 (FM 2 71:8; Durand FM 2, 113) (Sasson RA 92, 106–107); q-s-m 2 (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 354)Sasson RA 92, 106–107; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 354gloss withheld
Amharicqässämä 2 (LGz. 446)LGz. 446gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 1115 sets Hebrew qsm 'divine' with Arabic qasama 'divide': divination by lots.

Updated 27 October 2026

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