רומח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ר־מ־ח (r-m-kh)
1 term

Compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎗𐎈 (mrḥ), Classical Syriac ܪܘܡܚܐ (rumḥā), Arabic رُمْح (rumḥ)

Pronunciation

Noun

רומח / רֹמַח • (rómakh) m (plural indefinite רְמָחִים, singular construct רומח / רֹמַח־, plural construct רומחי / רָמְחֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. spear
    • Tanach, Numbers 25:7:
      וַיַּרְא פִּינְחָס בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן וַיָּקָם מִתּוֹךְ הָעֵדָה וַיִּקַּח רֹמַח בְּיָדוֹ׃
      And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the kohen saw this, arose from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.