*š/ŝVmm- - kind of reptile (snake, lizard) (SED II No. 204)

Akkadian

šammānu - a snake (CAD Š₁ 314)

HapLeg in the OB snake incantation CBS 7005 r. 12

Hebrew

ŝəmāmīt - gecko (HALOT 1338)

Var. šəmāmīt. HapLeg in Pr 30.28, context highly problematic: ŝəmāmīt bə-yādayim tətappēš // wəhī(ˀ) bəhēkəlē mäläk ‘a lizard can be caught by hand // but it is in the king’s palace’. pB. səmāmīt ‘spider’ (Jastrow 1002)

Jewish Palestinian Aramaic

smmy - type of lizard (DJPA 382)

Det. smmyth. Likely a Hebraism.

Arabic

sāmm- - kind of big lizard (BK 1 1133, Lane 1420, LA XII 304)

in sāmm- ˀabraṣ-