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Root ḥ-k-m

Imperial Aramaic Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ḥ-k-m𐎈-𐎋-𐎎. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: ḥ-k-m
  • חכםverb tg. Jer. Deut 34:6
    to be wise
  • חכמתאnoun tg. Onk. Exod 28:3
    wisdom, knowledge, science

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎈-𐎋-𐎎
  • 𐎈𐎋𐎎ḥkmadj
    wise
  • 𐎈𐎋𐎎𐎚ḥkmtnoun
    wisdom
Canonical root family: ḥ-k-m