← Full root family
Root
š-m-ʾ
Hebrew
↔
Ugaritic
Both languages share identical consonants at this root —
š-m-ʾ
↔
𐎌-𐎎-𐎀
. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.
Hebrew
he
root: š-m-ʾ
שש מאות
shesh-me'ót
num
six hundred (600)
Ugaritic
ug
root: 𐎌-𐎎-𐎀
𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍
šmảl
adj
left (opposite of right)
Canonical root family:
š-m-ʾ