𐤇𐤉𐤌
Phoenician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Aramaic / Biblical Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayyím, “life”), Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh, “life, lifeblood”).
Proper noun
[edit]𐤇𐤉𐤌 (ḥym) m pl
- the living
- 5th century BCE, Sarcophagus inscription of Tabnit of Sidon:
- 𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤕𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤏𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤓𐤂𐤆 𐤕𐤓𐤂𐤆𐤍 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤊𐤍 𐤋𐤊 𐤆𐤓𐤏 𐤁𐤇𐤉𐤌 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤔𐤌𐤔
- wʾm ptḥ tptḥ ʿlty wrgz trgzn ʾl ykn lk zrʿ bḥym tḥt šmš
- And if you open it [the sarcophagus] and disturb me, you shall not have any offspring among the living under the sun
- a long life
- 4th century BCE, Inscription at the base of the Harpocrates statue in Madrid:
- 𐤇𐤓𐤐𐤊𐤓𐤈 𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤇𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍
- ḥrpkrṭ ytn ḥym lʿbdy lʿbdʾšmn
- May Harpocrates grant long life to his servant Abdešmun
- lifetime
Further reading
[edit]- Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, pages 182-183