𐤇𐤉𐤌

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Phoenician

Etymology

Cognate with Aramaic / Biblical Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayyím, life), Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh, life, lifeblood).

Proper noun

𐤇𐤉𐤌 (ḥymm pl

  1. the living
    • 5th century BCE, Sarcophagus inscription of Tabnit of Sidon:
      𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤕𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤏𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤓𐤂𐤆 𐤕𐤓𐤂𐤆𐤍 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤊𐤍 𐤋𐤊 𐤆𐤓𐤏 𐤁𐤇𐤉𐤌 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤔𐤌𐤔
      wʾm ptḥ tptḥ ʿlty wrgz trgzn ʾl ykn lk zrʿ bḥym tḥt šmš
      And if you open it and disturb me, you shall not have any offspring among the living under the sun
  2. a long life
  3. lifetime

Further reading

  • Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, pages 182-183