# \*rwḥ: 'to be wide, spacious; relief'

> Proto-Semitic *rwḥ, 'to be wide, spacious; relief': reflexes in 9 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*rwḥ |
| Meaning | 'to be wide, spacious; relief' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | rwḥ (qal); mǝruwwāḥīm (pu. pt.) (HALOT 1196); rǝwāḥâ (HALOT 1201) | HALOT 1196; HALOT 1201 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | rwḥ (pe.); (pa., af.) (HALOT 1196) | HALOT 1196 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | rǝwaḥ (Payne Smith 533) (HALOT 1196); ʾarwīḥā (Payne Smith 28); rūwāḥā (Payne Smith 533); rwaḥtā (Payne Smith 534); ʾarwaḥtā (Payne Smith 28) | Payne Smith 533; HALOT 1196; Payne Smith 28; Payne Smith 534 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | RWH (HALOT 1196) | HALOT 1196 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | rwḥ (HALOT 1196) (T 303); yrḥy (Krahmalkov 443) | HALOT 1196; T 303; Krahmalkov 443 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | rawaḥ (Lane 1180); rawiḥa (HALOT 1196) | Lane 1180; HALOT 1196 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab hrwḥ (SD 119) (Biella 481); hrwḥt (HALOT 1196) | SD 119; Biella 481; HALOT 1196 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic rwḥ (Al-Jallad 2026, 125); rwḥ (D); ʾrḥ (Al-Jallad 2026, 126) | Al-Jallad 2026 125; Al-Jallad 2026 126 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | rwḥ (DNWSI 1062) | DNWSI 1062 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

HALOT 1195–1196 leaves open whether this is a homonym of 1775 \*rūḥ- 'blow, breath' or one root with it: Akk. napāšu means both 'to breathe' and 'to become wide'. Payne Smith 533 and SD 119 enter the two roots apart. Geʿez ʾarḫawa 'to open' is rḫw (LGz. 468).

## Linked from

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

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