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Root ḥ-m-š

Hebrew ↔ Phoenician

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ḥ-m-š↔ 𐤇-𐤌-𐤔. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Hebrew

he
root: ḥ-m-š
  • חָמֵשׁkhaméshnum📜 Gen.5.6
    feminine of חֲמִישָּׁה (khamishá, “five”)
  • חֻמָּשׁkhumáshnoun📜 Gen.5.6
    defective spelling of חומש
  • חָמוּשׁkhamúshadj
    armed, equipped, arrayed for battle
  • חֲמִישָּׁהkhamishánum
    five
  • מְחֻמָּשׁm'khumáshadj📜 Num.31.28
    pentamerous
  • מְחֻמָּשׁm'khumáshnoun📜 Num.31.28
    pentagon
  • ה׳H.adj
    Five, 5, fifth: five in Hebrew numerals.
  • חֻמָּשׁkhumáshnoun📜 Gen.5.6
    A Chumash; the Torah (Pentateuch) as a codex (bound in book form as opposed to a scroll).

Phoenician

phn
root: 𐤇-𐤌-𐤔
  • 𐤇𐤌𐤔numeral
  • 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤕numeral
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Canonical root family: ḥ-m-š