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Appendix II

Semitic Roots

ENTRY:	^cmm.
DEFINITION:	Common Semitic noun ^camm-, paternal kinsman, kin, clan, people. 1a.* Jeroboam, from Hebrew yrob^cm, the (divine) kinsman increased (yrob, he increased; see rbb); b. Rehoboam, from Hebrew rab^cm, the (divine) kinsman has increased (rab, he has increased; see rb). Both a and b from Hebrew ^cm, people, clan (earlier also “kinsman”). 2. Ammonite, from Hebrew ^cammônî, Ammonite, from ^cammôn, Ammon, perhaps from Canaanite ^camm, paternal kinsman, kin. 3. Hammurabi, from Akkadian ammurpi,* from Amorite ^cammu-rpi, the (divine) kinsman (is) a healer, from ^cammu, kinsman (*rpi, healer; see rp).


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