*rVḥVm-: 'womb; to have mercy, compassion'
Root
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | *rVḥVm- |
| Meaning | 'womb; to have mercy, compassion' |
| Basis | SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2617 |
Reflexes
| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | raḥima 'to have mercy' (BK 1, 838) | BK 1, 838 | |
| Akkadian | rēmu (CAD R 259) | CAD R 259 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | rḥm,; /r-ḥ-m/ (DULAT 725) | DULAT 725 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | reḥem (HALOT 1217) | HALOT 1217 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab rḥm (SD 116, 117; Biella 485; Sabaweb lemmas 8456, 4903) | SD 116, 117; Biella 485; Sabaweb lemmas 8456, 4903 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | raḥm [JM 321]; also mǝrḥām [ibid. 322] | JM 321; JM 322 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | rǝḥm [LH 146]. | LH 146 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | rí-ʔex(EN)-mu, rí-mu-um /reḥmum/ [Kr 14; Bl E No. 80]; rí-ʔeₓ(EN)-mu, rí-mu-um /reḥm, riḥm/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 160) | Kr 14; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 160 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | *rḥm (in rḥm-y) [Estañol 227] | gloss withheld | |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL raḥmṯa [Berg 76] HRT raḥme [J Hert 197] NASS raḫmi (pl.) [Tser 0195] MMND rehem [M MND 510] | Berg 76; J Hert 197; Tser 0195; M MND 510 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | raḥm [JJ 210] (EAST) mǝrḥám [JM 322] | JJ 210; JM 322 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | raḥămā, raḥmā 'orifice of the matrix, womb' [Ja 1467] | Ja 1467 | |
| Syrian Aramaic | raḥmā 'womb' [Brock 724] | Brock 724 | |
| Aramaic | DALLA rḥm [HJ 1070]; rḥm (DNWSI 1068); rḥym (DNWSI 1067); rḥm (DNWSI 1069); rḥmh (DNWSI 1070); rḥmn (DNWSI 1071); rḥmnyt (DNWSI 1072) | HJ 1070; DNWSI 1068; DNWSI 1067; DNWSI 1069; DNWSI 1070; DNWSI 1071; DNWSI 1072 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | rḥm (HALOT 1216) | HALOT 1216 | |
| Geez | maḥara, mĕḥĕra (HALOT 1216) | HALOT 1216 | |
| Tigrinya | mäḥarä; rəḥm-u (SED I 204) | SED I 204 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | reḥām (SED I 204) | SED I 204 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | marä (SED I 204–205) | SED I 204–205 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | WOL marä, SEL ZWY mārä (SED I 205) | SED I 205 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | rḥm: jirḥam, jarḥam, raḥimum, raḥima (Gelb AS 21, 30); raḥmu, yirḥam (Buck 2019, 331); r-ḥ-m: ia-ar-ḫa-mu, ia-ar-ḫa-ma-an, ia-ar-a-mu-um; raḥm: ra-aḫ-ma-ia, ra-aḫ-mi-ì-lí, an-nu-ra-aḫ-mi (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 160) | Gelb AS 21 30; Buck 2019, 331; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 160 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | raḥmān: name ra-aḫ-ma-nu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 160) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 160 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | rḥm (DNWSI 1068) | DNWSI 1068 | gloss withheld |
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Updated 22 October 2026