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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | cmm. |
| DEFINITION: | Common Semitic noun *camm-, paternal kinsman, kin, clan, people. 1a. Jeroboam, from Hebrew y robcm, the (divine) kinsman increased (yrob, he increased; see rbb); b. Rehoboam, from Hebrew r  abcm, the (divine) kinsman has increased (rab, he has increased; see rb). Both a and b from Hebrew cm, people, clan (earlier also “kinsman”). 2. Ammonite, from Hebrew cammônî, Ammonite, from cammôn, Ammon, perhaps from Canaanite *camm, paternal kinsman, kin. 3. Hammurabi, from Akkadian  ammurpi, from Amorite *cammu-rpi , the (divine) kinsman (is) a healer, from *cammu, kinsman (*rpi, healer; see rp). |
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