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Root ṣ-w-m

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Hebrew

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ṣ-w-m↔ ṣ-w-m. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: ṣ-w-m
  • צוםverb• tg. Jer. Lev 23:29
    to fast, to abstain
  • צומאnoun• tg. Jon. 2 Sam 12:16
    fast, fasting
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Hebrew

he
root: ṣ-w-m
  • צָםtsámverbT 2Sam.12.23
    to fast (to abstain from food and drink)
  • צוֹםtsomnounT Gen.50.12
    fast (a period of time, during which one abstains from food and drink)
  • צָמָהverb
    Feminine singular present participle and present tense of צָם (tsám).
Canonical root family: ṣ-w-m