ܪܘܡܚܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Arabic رُمْح (rumḥ), Hebrew רֹמַח (rṓmaḥ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈrum.ħɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈrum.xɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈrum.ħo]
Noun
[edit]ܪܘܡܚܐ • (rumḥā) f (plural ܪܘܡܚܐ (rumḥē))
- spear, lance
- Peshitta, Judges 5:8:
- ܢܓܒܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܚܕܬܐ: ܘܗܝܕܝܢ ܠܚܡܐ ܕܣܥܪ̈ܐ: ܘܣܝܦܐ ܘܪܘܡܚܐ ܠܐ ܢܬܚܙܐ ܒܝܢܬ ܐܪܒܥܝܢ ܐܠܦ̈ܐ ܕܝܣܪܝܠ.
- neḡbē ʾălāhā ḥəḏattā; wə-hāydên laḥmā ḏa-səʿārē: wə-saypā wə-rumḥā lā neṯḥəzē baynāṯ ʾarbəʿīn ʾăləp̄ē ḏə-īsrāyēl.
- They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- Peshitta, Judges 5:8:
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܡܘܚ | 1st person | ܪܘܡܚܝ | ܪܘܡܚܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܡܘܚ | 2nd person | ܪܘܡܚܟ | ܪܘܡܚܟܝ | ܪܘܡܚܟܘܢ | ܪܘܡܚܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܘܡܚܐ | 3rd person | ܪܘܡܚܗ | ܪܘܡܚܗ | ܪܘܡܚܗܘܢ | ܪܘܡܚܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܪܘܡܚܝܢ | 1st person | ܪܘܡܚܝ | ܪܘܡܚܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܘܡܚܝ | 2nd person | ܪܘܡܚܝܟ | ܪܘܡܚܝܟܝ | ܪܘܡܚܝܟܘܢ | ܪܘܡܚܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܘܡܚܐ | 3rd person | ܪܘܡܚܘܗܝ | ܪܘܡܚܝܗ | ܪܘܡܚܝܗܘܢ | ܪܘܡܚܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “rwmḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-06-02
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 342a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 535a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1450b