# \*rVmVy-: 'throw, shoot'

> Proto-Semitic *rVmVy-, 'throw, shoot': reflexes in 10 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [R](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/r/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*rVmVy- |
| Meaning | 'throw, shoot' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1076 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | rmy \[-i-\]; ramā š-šayʾa 'he threw, cast, or flung, the thing' (Lane 1161); mirmāh 'an arrow with which one shoots' (Lane 1163) | Lane 1161; Lane 1163 |  |
| Akkadian | ramû |  |  |
| Hebrew | rmh |  |  |
| Ugaritic | rmy (CUC; DULAT 730) | CUC; DULAT 730 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | rəmā (HALOT 1239) | HALOT 1239 |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | rmh (HALOT 1239) | HALOT 1239 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | rma (LGz. 472) | LGz. 472 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | rmā 'put, place, cast, throw' (Payne Smith 542) | Payne Smith 542 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic rmy (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 117); mrm (Al-Jallad 2026, 124) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 117; Al-Jallad 2026 124 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /r-m-y/: names íl-mi, íl-mi-lum, íl-mi-ì (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 168) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 168 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [R](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/r/index.md>)

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