# \*tḫm: 'boundary'

> Proto-Semitic *tḫm, 'boundary': reflexes in 5 language(s).

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## 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.

## Linked from

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

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