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Root š-m-š

Phoenician ↔ Hebrew

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

Phoenician

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root: 𐤔-𐤌-𐤔
  • 𐤔𐤌𐤔noun
    sun
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Hebrew

he
root: š-m-š
  • שֶׁמֶשׁshémeshnounT Deut.4.41
    sun
  • שַׁמָּשׁshamáshnounT Deut.4.41
    public servant
  • שִׁמֵּשׁshiméshverbT Deut.4.41
    to serve, be used
  • שִׁמְשָׁהshimshánounT Jer.15.9
    windowpane
  • הִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁhishtaméshverb
    to use, to make use of
  • מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁmishtaméshnoun• m. Shab. 16:8
    One who uses; a user.
  • מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁmishtaméshverb• m. Shab. 16:8
    Masculine singular present participle and present tense of השתמש (hishtamésh).
  • שִׁמּוּשׁshimúshnoun
    use, utilization, using, making use (of)
Canonical root family: š-m-š