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Consonant roots in Semitic languages
and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or "radicals" (hence the term consonantal root). Such abstract consonantal
Semitic_root
Branch of the Afroasiatic languages
counting). The primitive root ṣ-f and the trilateral root stems m-ṣ-f, ṣ-h-f, and ṣ-f-r are used. This root also exists in other Semitic languages, such as
Semitic_languages
Large language family of Africa and West Asia
Root Extension And Root Formation In Semitic And Afrasian, by Alexander Militarev in "Proceedings of the Barcelona Symposium on comparative Semitic"
Afroasiatic_languages
Semitic root
dictionary. K-P-R is a Semitic root, in Arabic and Hebrew rendered as K-F-R (Arabic: ك-ف-ر; Hebrew: כ־פ־ר). The basic meaning of the root is "to cover", but
K-P-R
Triconsonantal Semitic root meaning "sacred, holy"
dictionary. Q-D-Š is a triconsonantal Semitic root meaning "sacred, holy", derived from a concept central to ancient Semitic religion. From a basic verbal meaning
Q-D-Š
Linguistic root in Semitic languages
K-B-D (Hebrew: כ־ב־ד; East Semitic K-B-T; Arabic: ك-ب-د) is a triliteral Semitic root with the common meaning of to "be heavy", and thence "be important;
K-B-D
Triconsonantal Semitic root of Arabic and Hebrew words
triconsonantal Semitic root of many Arabic and some Hebrew words. Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "to praise"
Ḥ-M-D
Largest city in the Northern District of Israel
Aramaic form of the name, or from another Semitic language form. If there were a tsade (צ) in the original Semitic form, as in the later Hebrew forms, it
Nazareth
Proposed group of Semitic languages
merging. › The Central Semitic languages comprise one of the two groups of West Semitic languages, the other being the South Semitic languages. They are
Central_Semitic_languages
Hebrew word and greeting
Ethiopian Semitic languages from the Proto-Semitic root Š-L-M. In Hebrew, words are built on "roots", generally of three consonants. When the root consonants
Shalom
2021 biography of Muhammad
Portrait has the author writing about Semitic root words. Arabic texts are traced back to their original Semitic root words, in reference to language and
Muhammad the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait
Muhammad_the_World-Changer:_An_Intimate_Portrait
Male given name
many other forms in most of the Semitic languages stem from a common Proto-Semitic root. Unrelated to the use in Semitic languages, Malik is also a common
Malik_(name)
Ancient region in the northern highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea
mountain in Ibb Governorate, perhaps related in etymology with the ḥbš Semitic root. Modern Western European languages, including English, appear to borrow
Abyssinia
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(حَمَّدَ), meaning "to praise", which itself comes from the triconsonantal Semitic root Ḥ-M-D. Other spellings of the name include Muhammed, Muhamad, Mohammad
Muhammad_(name)
Primordial waters of creation in the Bible
meanings. According to a theological dictionary, tehom derives from a Semitic root which denoted the sea as a non-personified entity with mythological import
Tehom
Royal title of Ethiopia and Eritrea, equivalent to "king"
Sometime during the development of the Ethio-Semitic language family "m-l-k," the original triconsonantal root for king, was elevated to the generic word
Negus
Semitic language spoken mostly in Malta
Maltija) is a Central Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata. It is the only Semitic language officially written
Maltese_language
Hypothetical reconstructed proto-language
question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Proto-Semitic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Semitic languages. There is no consensus regarding the
Proto-Semitic_language
Northwest Semitic supreme deity
understood to mean "El the King" but ʾil hd as "the god Hadad". The Semitic root ʾlh (Arabic ʾilāh', Aramaic ʾAlāh, ʾElāh, Hebrew ʾelōah) may be ʾl with
El_(deity)
Topics referred to by the same term
for a racial group Ancient Semitic religion Semitic religions (disambiguation) Proto-Semitic language Semitic root Semitic studies Semitism (disambiguation)
Semitic
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from Semitic languages, they are nonetheless etymologically unrelated. In Arabic, the name means "just before dawn", coming from a common Semitic root meaning
Sahar_(name)
Lexical core of a word without affixes
Phono-semantic matching Principal parts Proto-Indo-European root Radical (Chinese character) Semitic root Word family Word stem Katamba, Francis (2006). Morphology
Root_(linguistics)
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origin. From the Semitic root B-R-K, it means "blessed" and is most commonly used in its feminine form Baraka(h). The Semitic root is derived from B-R-Q
Barack_(name)
Ancient Semitic goddess
from Ugarit, it would be pronounced differently. The common Northwest Semitic root ʾṯr (cf Arabic: أثر) means "trace, way". Biblical Hebrew: הָאֲשֵׁרֽוֹת
Asherah
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an ancient ancestor of various Semitic tribes. The etymological meaning of the name is settler, from a Semitic root `dn; "to stay, abide". The literal
Adnan_(name)
Rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 10-220 CE
("Interpreters"). The root tannā (תנא) is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew root shānā (שנה), which also is the Semitic root found in the word Mishnah
Tannaim
Ancient Semitic deity in the Levant
Yahweh was an ancient Semitic deity in the southeastern ancient Levant that became the national god of the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel-Samaria and Judah
Yahweh
Female given name
wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau. The name comes from the Semitic root ר-ב-ק (r-b-q), meaning "to tie firmly"; Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament
Rebecca_(given_name)
High-ranking political advisor or minister
be derived from the Arabic wazara (lit. 'to bear a burden'), from the Semitic root W-Z-R. The word is mentioned in the Quran, where Aaron is described as
Vizier
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Ṭalāl) is an Arabic masculine given name and a surname. The name's Proto-Semitic root is ṭ-l-l, meaning "dew". People with the name include: Talal of Jordan
Talal
Sacred state
Ihram (Arabic: إِحْرَام, romanized: iḥrām, from the Semitic root Ḥ-R-M) is a sacred state which a Muslim must enter to perform the Ḥajj (major pilgrimage)
Ihram
Islamic holiday
sheath; small boat; sacrifice". Arthur Jeffery recognizes the same Semitic root, but believes the sense of the term to have entered Arabic through Aramaic
Eid_al-Adha
Ethnic group in Eritrea
semantically untenable. The term Kebessa might derive from the South-Semitic root kbs meaning "to embrace" or "to encompass," and its original meaning
Tigrinya_people
First letter of many Semitic abjads
consonants to be conjugated in the manner of a standard three consonant Semitic root. In most Hebrew dialects as well as Syriac, the aleph is an absence of
Aleph
Quranic term for peace or serenity
Sakina or Sakinah (Arabic: سـكـن) is an Arabic word based on a Semitic root, through which it is also related to a Hebrew derivative. In Arabic it conotes
Sakina
Reconstructed ancestor of the Afroasiatic language family
the degree to which Proto-Afroasiatic had root-and-pattern morphology, as most fully displayed in the Semitic, Egyptian, and to some degree Cushitic branches
Proto-Afroasiatic_language
Masculine given name
the Semitic root y-š-ʕ (Hebrew: ישע), meaning "to deliver; to rescue." Likely originating in proto-Semitic (yṯ'), it appears in several Semitic personal
Jesus_(name)
Islamic holy place (lit. "sanctuary")
'sanctuary') is one of several similar words originating from the triliteral Semitic root Ḥ-R-M. The word literally means "sanctuary", commonly used by Muslims
Haram_(site)
Jewish study hall located in a synagogue, yeshiva, kollel or other building
term "madrasah" is derived from the same Semitic root, and refers to any type of educational institution. The root דרש means "to seek [knowledge]" and is
Beth_midrash
Northwest Semitic language
mentioned in Genesis 10:21. The name is believed to be based on the Semitic root ʕ-b-r (ע־ב־ר), meaning 'beyond', 'other side', 'across'; interpretations
Hebrew_language
Extinct ancient Phoenician language
946, 948: Semitic root D-B-R, 'to speak, word' fel, 'he did' (935), li-ful (935) and lu-ful (945), 'to do' (infinitive construct): Semitic root P-‘-L, 'to
Punic_language
Place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph
by some scholars to have been most probably a Semitic loanword, possibly deriving from the Semitic root gšm "rain, storm". Donald Redford, while not disputing
Land_of_Goshen
God in the Canaanite religion pantheon
Shahar as the Morning Star. His name derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root Š-L-M ("whole, safe, sound, peace"). An Ugaritic myth known as The Gracious
Shalim
Wife of Punic general Hannibal
Charles-Picard argued for a Punic heritage based on an etymology from the Semitic root m-l-k ('chief', 'king'). Silius also suggests the existence of a son
Imilce
Name for the cannabis plant
possibly itself originating as a loan from an earlier semitic root *mrj "hemp". The Semitic root is also found in the Spanish word mejorana and in English
Marijuana_(word)
Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
similar to the Hebrew: חג ḥag, which means "festival", from the triliteral Semitic root ح-ج-ج. The term was used to refer to the three pilgrimage festivals Israelites
Hajj
Topics referred to by the same term
Qedesh, Qetesh, Kadesh, Kedesh, Kadeš and Qades come from the common Semitic root "Q-D-Š", which means "sacred." Kadesh and variations may refer to: Kadesh
Kadesh
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ultimately from the Hebrew Šĕlōmō (שְׁלֹמֹה). It is derived from the Semitic root Š-L-M (ש-ל-ם), which translates to "whole, complete" which is also the
Solomon_(name)
Infantry combat helmet covering
Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. The name originates from a Semitic root meaning to wrap.[citation needed] The mitznefet was originally adopted
Mitznefet_(Israeli_military)
Religious declaration of affirmation
blessings. The basic triconsonantal root א-מ-נ, from which the word is derived, is common to a number of languages in the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages
Amen
Christian churches of the Byzantine Rite
the Byzantine Rite, and their members. The name comes from the Central Semitic root m-l-k 'royal', referring to the loyalty to the Byzantine emperor, and
Melkite
Arabic language given name
alphabet spelling of the name Ayman. In Arabic, it is derived from the Semitic root (ي م ن) for right, and literally means righteous, blessed or lucky. In
Aiman
Senior military rank of the Israel Defense Forces
55:13, where it is used as a general term for teacher. It comes from a Semitic root meaning "thousand," making an ’allup̄ the one who commands a thousand
Aluf
Cities destroyed by God in the Book of Genesis
According to Burton MacDonald, the Hebrew term for Gomorrah was based on the Semitic root ʿ-m-r, which means "be deep, copious (water)". They are known in Hebrew
Sodom_and_Gomorrah
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"birth" or "nativity," which stems from the Semitic root w-l-d ("to give birth" or "to bear"). This root is shared across Arabic, Aramaic/Syriac, and
Milad_(given_name)
Biblical figure and son of Jacob and Leah
a rich parallel in the name of a Semitic slave recorded in the Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt derived from the Semitic root ś-k-r "favorable, favor". The causative
Issachar
Ancient unit of currency
and Hasmonean Judea. The word shekel is based on the triliteral Proto-Semitic root ṯql, cognate to the Akkadian šiqlu or siqlu, a unit of weight equivalent
Shekel
Arabic word for God
Al-Jallad 2025, p. 3–4. Columbia Encyclopaedia says: Derived from an old Semitic root referring to the Divine and used in the Canaanite El, the Mesopotamian
Allah
One of the names of the god of Israel
Shadé or Shada". Another theory is that Shaddai is a derivation of a Semitic root that appears in the Akkadian language shadû ("mountain") and shaddāʾû
El_Shaddai
Place of destruction and the archangel of the abyss in the Hebrew Bible
Brown–Driver–Briggs lexicon, the Hebrew אבדון ’ăḇadōn is an intensive form of the Semitic root and verb stem אָבַד ’ăḇāḏ "perish", transitive "destroy", which occurs
Abaddon
Group mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
language term, which could be derived from the Semitic root רָפָא r-p-ʾ or רָפָה r-ph. The first root suggests "healing" (רְפוּאָה, rəp̄ūʾā) of some sort
Rephaite
Biblical toponym in Palestine
villages/townships") and Hebrew Qeriyyot ("towns/cities") reflect the same Semitic root (Q-R-Y), supporting the long-noted identification of Judah’s Kerioth-Hezron
Al-Qaryatayn,_Palestine
Archaic term for Arabs and later for all Muslims
it being derived from the Semitic triliteral root šrq "east" and šrkt "tribe, confederation". Another possible Semitic root is srq "to steal, rob, thief"
Saracen
Mesopotamian god of literacy and scribes
Akkadian nabû means 'announcer' or 'authorised person', derived from the Semitic root n-b-y or nbʾ. It is cognate with Classical Syriac: ܢܒܝܐ, romanized: nəḇiyyā
Nabu
Aromatic resin from the Commiphora myrrha tree
available as Jewish Incense. The word myrrh corresponds to a common Semitic root m-r-r meaning "bitter", as in Arabic مُرّ murr and Aramaic ܡܪܝܪܐ mureera
Myrrh
Topics referred to by the same term
This phrase and the Arabic word Salām سلام 'peace' derive from the Semitic root Š-L-M. Salaam or Salam may also refer to: Al-Salam SC, several sports
Salaam_(disambiguation)
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alphabet) is an Arabic masculine given name. It is derived from the Arabic Semitic root (ي م ن) for right, and literally means righteous, on the right, right-handed
Ayman
Community leader of significant civic status In several ancient Semitic-speaking cultures
other Semitic languages, shopheṭ literally means "Judge", from the Semitic root Š-P-Ṭ, "to pass judgment". Cognate titles exist in other Semitic cultures
Shophet
Polity in Africa and Arabia before 960
Ages. Carlo Conti Rossini believed that the word Aksum derives from a Semitic root, and means 'a green and dense garden' or 'full of grass'. Due to limited
Kingdom_of_Aksum
Hebrew word for a sexually mature woman
(sing; עַלְמָה ‘almā) and alamot (plur; עֲלָמוֹת ‘ălāmōṯ), drawn from a Semitic root implying the vigour of puberty, refer to a young woman who is sexually
Almah
Edomite clan and an ancient biblical town of northwest Arabia
called Temanim in Modern Hebrew. The Arabic name Yaman is from the same Semitic root. In Genesis 36:15, Teman is a son of Eliphaz, Esau's eldest son. Job's
Teman_(Edom)
Genus of reptiles
(Standard Arabic, colloquially ورر [warar] or ورن [waran]), from a common Semitic root ouran, waran, warar or waral, meaning "lizard beast". In English, they
Monitor_lizard
Legendary founder and first queen of Carthage
Phoenician accounts. One suggestion is that Dido is an epithet from the same Semitic root as David, which means "Beloved". Others state Didô means "the wanderer"
Dido
Obsolete language hypothesis
languages, and that the Indo-European and the Semitic language families both descend from a common root ancestral language. The theory is not widely accepted
Indo-Semitic_languages
Babylonian creation myth
Vedic works; and that both texts were written in languages with a common Semitic root. Regarding the creation of man, there are similarities in the use of
Enūma_Eliš
Hebrew, Shalev traces ḥomeṣ and ḥummuṣ as well as ḥimṣa "chickpea" to one Semitic root ḥ-m-ṣ and claims that chickpeas are named thus in Hebrew owing to their
Politics of food in the Arab–Israeli conflict
Politics_of_food_in_the_Arab–Israeli_conflict
Israeli national holiday
Imperial Aramaic: סְגֵד sgēd "to prostrate oneself (in worship)". The Semitic root sgd is the same as in mesgid, one of the two Beta Israel Ge'ez terms
Sigd
Name list
holding group based in Israel Hebrew name Š-L-M, the triconsonantal Semitic root Solomon (name) Shlomo, a South Park character appearing in the episode
Shlomo
Name list
Albanian: Bekim (name) meaning ’blessing’ Amharic: ብሩክ (Biruk; from the Semitic root B-R-K, meaning 'blessed') Arabic: مبارك (Mubarak, meaning 'blessed')
Benedict_(given_name)
Carthaginian general and statesman (247–183/181 BC)
Charles-Picard argues for a Punic heritage based on an etymology from the Semitic root m-l-k ('chief, the 'king'). Silius also suggests the existence of a son
Hannibal
Type of animal sacrifice in Judaism
English as peace-offering, the Hebrew word shalom, derived from the Semitic root Š-L-M, means much more than the English word "peace", and includes the
Slaughter_offering
Arabic phrase
The Arabic word كَبِير (kabīr) means big from the Semitic root k-b-r. A cognate word for this root exists in Hebrew as כביר (kabir). The Arabic word أَكْبَر
Takbir
Semitic deity associated with Venus
(Hūbis), which was derived from the South Semitic root 𐩺-𐩨-𐩪 (y-b-s), itself a declension of the Semitic root y-b-š, meaning "to be dry." The position
ʿAṯtar
Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible
"offering of well-being" (NRSV). Parallels of offerings with the same semitic root S-L-M also occur in Ugaritic texts. After the Hebrew Bible the term also
Peace_offering
Middle Eastern dessert
the Coptic Egyptian kenephiten, a bread or cake. Or it may come from a Semitic root meaning "side" or "wing", and from the Arabic kanafa, "to flank or enclose"
Knafeh
Arabic variety spoken in the Levant
accessible. Most Levantine verbs are based on a triliteral root (also called radical or Semitic root) made of three consonants. The set of consonants communicates
Levantine_Arabic
Origin of the term "Arab"
the proto-Semitic غ ghayin with ع ʿayin in some languages. In Hebrew the word ערב ʿarav thus has the same triconsonantal root as the root meaning "west"
Etymology_of_Arab
Family of languages and dialects Indigenous to North Africa
apophony has been historically analyzed as functioning similarly to the Semitic root, but this analysis has fallen out of favor due to the lexical significance
Berber_languages
Arabic term used in the Muslim world
and assembilies. Majlis is the Arabic word for a "sitting room." Its Semitic root is the verb جَلَس jalas meaning 'to sit', (cf. British English 'sitting
Majlis
Name list
Deborah led an attack against the forces of King Jabin of Hazor. The Semitic root B-R-Q has the meaning "to shine"; "lightning". The biblical name ברק
Barak_(name)
Arabian god
In one Sabaic dictionary, khl means 'old, wise'. Generally, it is a Semitic root that denotes an element of wisdom . Elsewhere, khl also occurs as a personal
Kahl_(god)
Deity worshipped among the Northern Arabian tribes of pre-Islamic Arabia
Southern Arabia, Shams was her equivalent. Nuha, from the triconsonantal Semitic root N-H-Y, may mean "the ultimate". An early Akkadian inscription from the
Nuha_(deity)
Aramaic translation of the Jewish scriptures
with the abbreviation 𝔗). The noun Targum is derived from the early semitic root תרגם (trgm), and the Akkadian term targummanu refers to "translator
Targum
Supernatural beings in Arab culture and Islam
association with idolatry. Jinn is an Arabic collective noun deriving from the Semitic root jnn (Arabic: جَنّ / جُنّ, jann), whose primary meaning is 'to hide' or
Jinn
Dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity
'sacred'. (It shares the same triliteral Semitic root, Q-D-Š, as the Hebrew kodesh.) Another use of the same root is found in the Arabic name for Jerusalem:
Sacredness
Turkish title and derived names
social positions"; jallāb is derived from root j-l-b "to have brought, to import", ultimately from West Semitic root g-l-b "to catch, to fetch". Notable people
Çelebi
Palestinian resistance slogan
marra) of the verb intafaḍa (اِنْتَفَضَ), derived from the triconsonantal Semitic root n-f-ḍ (ن-ف-ض) related to shaking (off), dusting (off), and making something
Globalize_the_intifada
Male given name (חיים)
word حياة (ḥayāh), with the same meaning, deriving from the same Proto-Semitic root. Common secular replacements for the name Haim include Heinrich and Harvey
Haim
In Jewish theology, the dwelling or settling of the divine presence of God
word shekhinah is first encountered in the rabbinic literature. The Semitic root from which shekhinah is derived, š-k-n, means "to settle, inhabit, or
Shekhinah
Topics referred to by the same term
vectors left (or right) orthogonal to every vector Root (linguistics), in morphology Radical, a Semitic root consonant Radical (Chinese characters), a glyph
Radical
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Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
A Smile; Laughter; Happiness
Male
Hebrew
(Hebrew בַּעַל): Semitic name of several storm gods, and the first king of Hell who had three heads and commanded 66 legions of demons, derived from the word ba'al, BA'AL means "lord, master" or "possessor." In the bible, this is the name of a member of the tribe of Reuben, and the grandfather of Saul.
Male
Greek
(Βάαλ) Greek form of Hebrew Ba'al, BAAL means "lord, master" or "possessor." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of the supreme masculine divinity of the Semitic nations, just as Ashtoreth (Greek Astarte) was their supreme feminine divinity.Â
Female
English
English name mostly used by African-Americans, derived from the continent name, AFRICA means "land of the Afri." The Afri were a tribe, possibly Berber, who dwelled in North Africa. The origin of the word Afri (pl.), Afer (sing.), may be connected with the Phoenician word 'afar, meaning "dust," which is also found in other Semitic languages, such as Hebrew Afra.
Female
Egyptian
, a Saitic name.
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, German, Swedish
God is Perfection; Baal's Pledge; Bal was an Ancient God of the Semites
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Golyath, GOLIATH means "exile." In the bible, this is the name of a Philistine giant slain by David. A shard of pottery unearthed by archaeologists digging at Tell es-Safi, bears two Proto-Semitic names (alwt and wlt) which are etymologically similar to Hebrew Galyat/Golyat/Golyath. The shard dates to around 950 BC, very close to the time when the bible says Goliath lived.Â
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Happiness
Female
English
(לִילִית) Hebrew form of Sumerian Lilitu, LILITH means "of the night." In mythology, this is the name of a Mesopotamian storm demon associated with the wind and thought to bear disease and death. In ancient Semitic folklore, it is the name of a night demon. The oldest story considers Lilith to be Adam's first wife. In the bible, this is simply a word for a "screech owl."Â
Girl/Female
Tamil
Happiness
Male
Hebrew
(מְרׄדָךְ) Hebrew form of Akkadian Marduk ("solar calf"), MERODACH means "thy rebellion." In biblical times, this was the name of a Babylonian idol, probably the planet Mars, which like Saturn was regarded by ancient Semites as the author of bloodshed and slaughter, and was propitiated with human victims. Mordechai is a related name.
Female
Hebrew
(עַש×ְתּׄרֶת) Hebrew name ASHTORETH means "star." In the bible, this is the name of the principal female deity of the Semitic nations, worshiped in war and fertility. Equated with Assyrian Ishtar and Greek Astarte.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English rote ‘glad’ (Old English rÅt).English : metonymic occupational name for a player on the rote, an early medieval stringed instrument (Middle English, Old French rote, of uncertain origin but apparently ultimately akin to Welsh crwth).Dutch : topographic name for someone who lived by a retting place (Dutch root, a derivative of ro(o)ten ‘to ret’, akin to modern English rot), a place where flax is soaked in tubs of water until the stems rot to release the linen fibers.
Male
Greek
(ΜαÏδοχαῖος) Greek form of Akkadian Marduk ("solar calf"), probably MARDOCHAIOS means "death and emptiness." In mythology, Marduk is the name of a god said to have killed a dragon named Tiamat. In the bible, he is known by the Hebrew name Merodach, and is a Babylonian idol, probably the planet Mars, which like Saturn was regarded by ancient Semites as the author of bloodshed and slaughter, and was propitiated with human victims.
Biblical
a Semitic mother goddess
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Root 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roots.
Male
Hebrew
(גָּלְיַת) Hebrew name GOLYATH means "exile." In the bible, this is the name of a Philistine giant slain by David. A shard of pottery unearthed by archaeologists digging at Tell es-Safi, bears two Proto-Semitic names (alwt and wlt) which are etymologically similar to Hebrew Galyat/Golyat/Golyath. The shard dates to around 950 BC, very close to the time when the bible says Goliath lived.Â
Biblical
the river of judgment, Some translate it as "the descender," from the Semitic yrd, "to descend"
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from a form of the female personal name Margaret, via Late Latin Margarita from Greek margaritēs ‘pearl’. This was borne by several early Christian saints, and became a popular female personal name throughout Europe. The vocabulary word was borrowed into Latin and Greek from a Semitic source, and is probably ultimately from Persian morvarid ‘pearl’.
SEMITIC ROOT
SEMITIC ROOT
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English
Keeper of the Hedged Enclosure
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Traditional
God of Lotus; Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish
Emerald; The Prized Green Gem Stone; Emerald Gemstone
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Irish, Jamaican
One who is Elevated; Woman from Magdala; From the High Tower
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
With Rays; Radiant
Girl/Female
Muslim
Good natured
Boy/Male
Greek
From Damascus.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Lion of Allah; Title of Ali
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sreenesh | ஸà¯à®°à¯€à®¨à¯‡à®·
Given by God, Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
African, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
The Earth
SEMITIC ROOT
SEMITIC ROOT
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SEMITIC ROOT
SEMITIC ROOT
a.
Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.
a.
Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases.
n.
See Semitism.
n.
Alt. of Semiotics
a.
Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought.
a.
Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.
n.
The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.
pl.
of Semita
a.
Somatic.
a.
Alt. of Shemitish
a.
Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo.
a.
Alt. of Semiotic
a.
Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.
a.
Same as Semeiotic.
a.
Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.
n.
One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.
n.
A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin.
a.
See Syenitic.
a.
Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes.
a.
Eremitic.