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Root š-m-š

Phoenician Imperial Aramaic

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

Phoenician

phn
root: 𐤔-𐤌-𐤔
  • 𐤔𐤌𐤔noun
    sun
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Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: š-m-š
  • שמשverb tg. Jon. Josh 15:7
    to serve
  • שִׁמְשָׁאšemšānoun tg. Onk. Gen 15:12
    sun
  • שמשאnoun tg. Onk. Gen 15:12
    servant
  • שמשנאadj
    solar
  • שמשנתאadj
    solar
Canonical root family: š-m-š