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Phoenician
Etymology
Cognate with Aramaic / Biblical Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayyím, “life”), Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh, “life, lifeblood”).
Proper noun
𐤇𐤉𐤌 (ḥym) m pl
- 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
- a long life
- 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