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Root š-m-ʾ

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —š-m-ʾ↔ 𐎌-𐎎-𐎀. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: š-m-ʾ
  • שְׁמָאšəmānoun• tg. Onk. Gen 4:17
    name

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎌-𐎎-𐎀
  • 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍šmảladj
    left (opposite of right)
Canonical root family: š-m-ʾ