# \*rāḥ-(at)-, \*riḥ-at-: 'palm of hand' > Proto-Semitic *rāḥ-(at)-, *riḥ-at-, 'palm of hand': reflexes in 14 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [R](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*rāḥ-(at)-, \*riḥ-at- | | Meaning | 'palm of hand' | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 2190 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | rāḥat- 'palm of the hand' \[Belot 277\]. | Belot 277 | | | Mehri | rǝḥāt \[JM 333\] | JM 333 | gloss withheld | | Soqotri | ríḥoh \[LS 399\] (cf. also \[SSL LS 1470; SSL 496\]) | LS 399; SSL LS 1470 | gloss withheld | | Akkadian | rittu OB on \[AHw 990\] | AHw 990 | gloss withheld | | Harsusi | ǝrḥāt, rīḥet \[JH 107\] | JH 107 | gloss withheld | | Tigre | räḥat \[LH 147\]. | LH 147 | gloss withheld | | Eblaitic | ra/la-ʔà-tum /raḥ(a)tum/ \[Kr 19; Bl E No. 83\]; ra-ʾà-⸢tum⸣ (= Sum. šu-sal, VE 517, source D) (Fronzaroli 1995, 60 n. 60) | Kr 19; VE 517; Fronzaroli 1995, 60 n. 60 | gloss withheld | | Ugaritic | rḥt \[Aist 290\] | Aist 290 | | | Geez | ʔǝrāḥ \[LGz 38\] | LGz 38 | gloss withheld | | Jibbali | irɔ́ḥɔ́t \[JJ 218\] | JJ 218 | gloss withheld | | Tigrinya | raḥ ʔid 'palm of the hand' \[Bass 150\] | Bass 150 | | | Hebrew | raḥat (HALOT 1222) | HALOT 1222 | gloss withheld | | Judaic Aramaic | riḥătā 'winnowing shovel' \[Ja. 1470\] | Ja. 1470 | | | Aramaic | \*rḥt, roḥtā, reḥtā (HALOT 1222; CAL s.v. rḥt) | HALOT 1222; CAL s.v. rḥt | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Linked from - [R]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/r/2004_palm_of_hand/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.