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*raḥim- - womb; compassion, pity, kindness
(SED I No. 231)
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Akkadian
rēmu
- womb; pity, compassion, mercy
(CAD R 259, AHw. 970)
Ebla
rí-ˀeₓ(EN)-mu, rí-mu-um
- É׊À
(Krebernik 1983: 14, Blažek 1994: 80)
/reḥmum/
Phoenician
rḥm
- seno (womb)
(Fuentes 227)
in rḥm-y ‘su seno’
Hebrew
räḥäm
- womb
(HALOT 1217)
Deir Alla
rḥm
- womb
(DNWSI 1070)
Samaritan
rḥm
- womb
(DSA 828)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
raḥămā
- office of the matrix, womb
(Jastrow 1467)
Syriac
raḥmā
- uterus, womb
(LSyr. 724, SL 1456)
Arabic
raḥim-, raḥimat-
- womb
(BK 1 838, Lane 1056)
Tigre
rəḥəm
- womb; descent
(WTS 146)
May be an Arabism.
Tigrinya
rəḥmu
- prone, face down
(TED 540)
probably related
Mehri
raḥm
- womb
(ML 321)
Mehri
mərḥām
- womb
(ML 322)
Jibbali
raḥm
- womb
(JL 210)
Jibbali
mərḥám
- womb
(ML 322)