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*ḥim-at- - venom, bile
(SED I No. 120)
Cf. Sem. *ḥi/am-at- ‘anger, rage’, *ḥmy ‘to be angry’ presumably derived from this root (otherwise from Sem. *ḥmm, *ḥmy ‘to be hot’)
Words
Akkadian
imtu
- poisonous foam; spittle
(CAD I 139, AHw. 379)
Ugaritic
ḥmt
- veneno (venom)
(DLU 178)
Hebrew
ḥēmā
- poison, venom
(HALOT 326)
Demotic Aramaic
ḥmh
- venom
(DNWSI 1256)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḥmh
- venom
(DJPA 204)
det. ḥämṯā
Syriac
ḥemtā
- heat, ardor; poison
(LSyr. 242, SL 469)
Arabic
ḥumat-
- scorpion’s venom
(BK 1 498)
Another meaning, ‘ardeur’, may go back to ḥmy ‘bruler’ [BK 1 497].
Geez
ḥamot
- bile, gall, venom
(CDG 235)
Tigrinya
ḥamot
- bile
(Bass. 40)
Amharic
amot, hamot
- bile, gall
(AED 1132)
Zway
amūt
- bile
(EDG 53)
Gafat
amotä
- bile
(LGaf. 178)
Chaha
amʷäta
- bile
(EDG 53)
Ezha
amʷäta
- bile
(EDG 53)
Endegen
amot
- bile
(EDG 53)
Ennemor
amʷäta
- bile
(EDG 53)
Gyeto
amʷäta
- bile
(EDG 53)
Muher
amʷäta
- bile
(EDG 53)
Masqan
amota
- bile
(EDG 53)
Gogot
amʷäta
- bile
(EDG 53)
Soddo
amota
- bile
(EDG 53)