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