ḥ m l
21 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT 1Sam.15.15
Themes:collection·2gathering·2building·2etc·2carry·2
POS shape:noun·12verb·6proper noun·1name·1adv·1
This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*ḥ-m-lProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewחֶמְלָהח מ ל— A compassion (deep awareness of the suffering of another).
Punic𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇 𐤌 𐤋— '', most notably borne by general Hamilcar Barca.''
Aramaic
Syriacܚܘܡܠܐܚ ܡ ܠ— collection, gathering
Assyrian NAܚܘܼܡܵܠܵܐܚ ܡ ܠ— collection, gathering
Arabic
Arabicحَمَلَح م ل— to carry (to transport by lifting), to transport, to convey
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicሐምሌሐ መ ለ— The eleventh month in the Ethiopian calendar, ranging from 8 July to 6 August.
Tigrinyaሓምለሐ መ ለ— July
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Punic
irregular reflexpun · 1 lemma- '', most notably borne by general Hamilcar Barca.''
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- collection, gatheringFrom the root ܚ ܡ ܠ, related to collecting.
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 2 lemmas- collection, gatheringVerbal noun of the verb ܡܚܲܡܸܠ (mḥammil).
▸ 1 derivation
- derivedܠܒ݂ܘܼܫܬܵܐ ܕܚܘܼܡܵܠܵܐlḇuštā dḥūmālā
- garage (building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.)Noun of place from ܚܵܡܹܠ (ḥāmēl, “to put away, store, gather in”)
Hebrew
he · 5 lemmas- A compassion (deep awareness of the suffering of another).
- A clan
- to have mercy on, to feel sorry for
- Euphemistic form of the name of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (c. 1595–1657), a Ukrainian Cossack hetman who led an uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and signed the Treaty of Pereyaslav with Czar Alexis I of Russia.From Polish Chmielnicki, itself from Carpathian Rusyn Хмелнiцкiи (Xmelnickiy).
- mercifullyבְּ־ (b'-, “with”) + חֶמְלָה (khemláh, “mercy”)
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- to carry (to transport by lifting), to transport, to convey
- to cause or ask to carry, deliver, etc.
- to impose a burden onCompare حَمَلَ (ḥamala, “to carry”).
- porter, carrierOccupational noun from the root ح م ل (ḥ m l).
- verbal noun of حَمَلَ (ḥamala, “to attack”) (form I)Instance noun from حَمَلَ (ḥamala, “to attack”).
- verbal noun of أَحْمَلَ (ʔaḥmala) (form IV)
Amharic
am · 2 lemmas- The eleventh month in the Ethiopian calendar, ranging from 8 July to 6 August.
- alternative spelling of ሐምሌ (ḥamle)
Tigrinya
ti · 2 lemmas- July
- vegetable