ܪܘܡܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic رُمْح (rumḥ), Hebrew רֹמַח (rṓmaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈrum.ħɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈrum.xɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈrum.ħo]

Noun

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

Inflection of ܪܘܡܚܐ
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

  • rwmḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2 June 2012
  • 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, →ISBN, page 1450b