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Root l-ḥ-m

Ugaritic ↔ Hebrew

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐎍-𐎈-𐎎↔ l-ḥ-m. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎍-𐎈-𐎎
  • 𐎍𐎈𐎎lḥmnoun
    bread
  • 𐎍𐎈𐎎lḥmverb
    to eat
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Hebrew

he
root: l-ḥ-m
  • הֶלְחֵםhelkhemnounT Gen.27.17
    portmanteau
  • לוֹחֵםlokhémnoun
    combatant, fighter
  • נִלְחַםnilkhámverbT Exod.14.25
    to fight, wage war
  • הִלְחִיםhilkhímverb
    to solder
  • לְחִימָהl'khimánoun
    fighting
  • לַחְמִיתlakhmítnoun
    conjunctiva
  • נִלְחַם בְּ טַחֲנוֹת רוּחַnilchám b'tachanót rúachverb
    to tilt at windmills: to fight imagined enemies
  • לֶחֶםlékhemnounT Gen.3.19
    bread
Canonical root family: l-ḥ-m