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

> Proto-Semitic *rVmaḥ-, 'strike (with a spear)', 'spear': reflexes in 14 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*rVmaḥ- |
| Meaning | 'strike (with a spear)', 'spear' |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1223 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | rmḥ a,1 (Lane 1153); rumḥ 'lance' (Lane 1153) | Lane 1153 |  |
| Geez | ramḥa (LGz. 470); rəmuḥ (LGz. 471) | LGz. 470; LGz. 471 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | romaḥ (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 51) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 51; Anderson–Moser 2024 root rmḥ | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | mrḥ 'lance' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root rmḥ |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | rimḥā (HALOT 1243) | HALOT 1243 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | rumḥā (HALOT 1243) | HALOT 1243 |  |
| Aramaic | \*rmḥ, \*rwmḥ (HALOT 1243) | HALOT 1243 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | rumuḥ (HALOT 1243) | HALOT 1243 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. rmḥ (HALOT 1243; Sabaweb lemma 4906) | HALOT 1243; Sabaweb lemma 4906 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | rěmḥ (HALOT 1243) | HALOT 1243 |  |
| Jibbali | rumaḥ (LGz. 471) | LGz. 471 |  |
| Mehri | rəmḥāt (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 51) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 51 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic rmḥ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 117) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 117 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | EG SYLL ma=-r=ḥa, ma=ra=ḥa /\*murḥa/ (Hoch 138–139) | Hoch 138–139 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Ug. mrḥ by metathesis.

## Linked from

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

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