Monthly Archives: February 2020

#Akkadian aqrabu (<#WestSemitic) 𒄈𒋰 (GÍR.TAB)   #Ugaritic ˁaqrabu 𐎓𐎖𐎗𐎁   #Hebrew ˁaqrāḇ עקרב / 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤁   #JewishAramaic ˁaqrabbā עקרבא   #Syriac ˁeqqarbā ܥܩܪܒܐ   #Mandaic arqaba ࡀࡓࡒࡀࡁࡀ   #Arabic ˁaqrab عقرب   #Jibbali ˁaqréb   #Geez ˁäqräb ዐቅረብ   #Tigre … Continue reading →

#Akkadian qēmu 𒍣 (ZÌ) #Eblaite qamāḥum #Ugaritic qamḥu #Hebrew qemaḥ קמח #Aramaic qimḥā קמחא #Syriac qamḥā ܩܡܚܐ #Arabic qamḥ قمح wheat #Geez qamḥ ቀምሕ ‘leguminous plant’ qamḥa ቀምሐ ‘eat grain’ #Tigrinya qwäḥamä ቈሐመ ‘devour’ #Tigre qäḥama ቀሓማ ‘devour’ #Amharic qamä … Continue reading →

#Akkadian naḫāru 𒍝𒊏𒄷 snore naḫīru ‘nose’ nāḫiru ‘sea-horse, whale’   #Ugaritic ảnḫr 𐎀𐎐𐎃𐎗 dolphin   #Hebrew nāḥar נחר snore nəḥīr נחיר nostril   #Aramaic nəḥar נחר sneeze, blow nose nəḥīrā נחירא nostril   #Syriac nəḥar ܢܚܰܪ snort,sneeze naḥīrā ܢܚܝܪܐ nostril … Continue reading →

#Akkadian ašru 𒆠 (KI) place, site, region ašāru ‘to watch, organize’   #Ugaritic ʾaŧru 𐎀𐎘𐎗 place ʾaŧara 𐎀𐎘𐎗 to go, follow ʾaŧra 𐎀𐎘𐎗 after, then, where   #Phoenician ʾšr 𐤀𐤔𐤓 place   #Hebrew ʾāšar אשר to stride ʾaššūr אשור step … Continue reading →

#Hebrew ḥāṯam חתם ‘to seal,complete’ ḥōṯām חותם ‘seal,impression’ ḥăṯīmâ חתימה ‘seal,signature’   #Phoenician ḥtm 𐤇𐤕𐤌 ‘to seal,complete’   #Aramaic ḥăṯam חתם ‘to seal,complete’ ḥaṯmā חתמא ‘seal’   #Syriac ḥəṯam ܚܬܡ ‘to cease, seal, print’ ḥaṯmā ܝܬܡܐ ‘seal’   #Arabic ḫatama … Continue reading →

#Akkadian zību 𒉡𒌝𒈠𒄷 [NU.UM.MA.ḪU] ‘jackal,vulture’   #Hebrew zǝʾēḇ זְאֵב ‘wolf’   #JewishAramaic dəʾēḇā דְּאֵבָא > dēḇā דֵיבָא ‘wolf’   #Syriac diʾḇā > dīḇā ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ ‘wolf’   #Arabic ðiʾb ذِئْب ‘wolf, jackal’   #Jibbali ðīb ‘wolf’   #Soqotri dīb ‘wolf’   … Continue reading →

#Akkadian nīnu 𒉌𒉡 anīnu 𒀀𒉌𒉡 #Phoenician naḥnu 𐤍𐤇𐤍 ʾanaḥnu 𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤍 #Hebrew naḥnū נחנו 𐤍𐤇𐤍𐤅 ʾănaḥnū אנחנו 𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤍𐤅‎ ʾānū אנו #JewishAramaic naḥnā נחנא ʾănaḥnā אנחנא ʾănān אנן #Syriac ḥnan ܚܢܢ ʾaḥnan ܐܚܢܢ #Arabic naḥnu نحن #Mehri nḥā #Jibbali nḥan #Soqotri ḥan … Continue reading →