*tḫm: 'boundary'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*tḫm
Meaning	'boundary'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	taḫūmu (CAD T 56; AHw 1303)	CAD T 56; AHw 1303	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	tḥūmā 'limit, boundary' (Payne Smith 609); taḥḥem 'mark out a boundary' (Payne Smith 609)	Payne Smith 609
Arabic	taḫm, tuḫm 'limit, boundary'; taḫūm (Lane 299)	Lane 299
Hebrew	tḥm, tḥwm (DNWSI 1208)	DNWSI 1208	gloss withheld
Aramaic	tḥm, tḥwm (DNWSI 1208)	DNWSI 1208	gloss withheld

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Notes

Kaufman 1974, 105–106 lists Common Aramaic and Middle Hebrew tḥwm, Mandaic and Arb. taḫūm: the Akkadian is chiefly Assyrian, from Middle Assyrian on, and Arabic ḫ shows the word was not borrowed through Aramaic; Kaufman finds little reason for an Akkadian origin.

Updated 25 October 2026

*tḫm: 'boundary'

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