*rVmaḥ-: 'strike (with a spear)', 'spear'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*rVmaḥ-
Meaning'strike (with a spear)', 'spear'
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 1223

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicrmḥ a,1 (Lane 1153); rumḥ 'lance' (Lane 1153)Lane 1153
Geezramḥa (LGz. 470); rəmuḥ (LGz. 471)LGz. 470; LGz. 471gloss withheld
Hebrewromaḥ (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 51)Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 51; Anderson–Moser 2024 root rmḥgloss withheld
Ugariticmrḥ 'lance'Anderson–Moser 2024 root rmḥ
Judaic Aramaicrimḥā (HALOT 1243)HALOT 1243
Syrian Aramaicrumḥā (HALOT 1243)HALOT 1243
Aramaic*rmḥ, *rwmḥ (HALOT 1243)HALOT 1243
Mandaic Aramaicrumuḥ (HALOT 1243)HALOT 1243
Epigraphic South ArabianSab. rmḥ (HALOT 1243; Sabaweb lemma 4906)HALOT 1243; Sabaweb lemma 4906gloss withheld
Tigrerěmḥ (HALOT 1243)HALOT 1243
Jibbalirumaḥ (LGz. 471)LGz. 471
Mehrirəmḥāt (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 51)Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 51gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic rmḥ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 117)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 117gloss withheld
CanaaniteEG SYLL ma=-r=ḥa, ma=ra=ḥa /*murḥa/ (Hoch 138–139)Hoch 138–139gloss withheld

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Notes

Ug. mrḥ by metathesis.

Updated 22 October 2026

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