Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܪ-ܚ-ܡ (r-ḥ-m) related to loving.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈʔar.ħɛm]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔar.xɪm]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ʔɑrˈħem]

Verb edit

ܐܪܚܡ (ʾarḥem) (imperfect ܢܪܚܡ (narḥem)) (aphel construction)

  1. to show love, have pity
  2. to cause to love
  3. to obtain love or favor/favour
  4. to render lovable, make beloved
  5. to crave for mercy

References edit

  • ܪܚܡ”, in Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2021 June 19 (last accessed)
  • rḥm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-25
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  • Brock, Sebastian P., Kiraz, George A. (2015) “ܪܚܶܡ”, in Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, retrieved 2021-06-19, page 208a
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 343a-b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 537b
  • 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, pages 1455b-1456b