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 (rumḥāf (plural ܪܘܡܚܐ (rumḥē))

  1. 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?

Inflection edit

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

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