ʕmm / Semitic roots
ʕmm
Common Semitic noun *ʕamm-, paternal kinsman, kin, clan, people.
1.
a. Jeroboam, from Hebrew yārobʕām, the (divine) kinsman increased (yārob, he increased; see rbb );;
b. Rehoboam, from Hebrew rəḥabʕām, the (divine) kinsman has increased (rəḥab, he has increased; see rḥb ). Both a and b from Hebrew ʕām, people, clan (earlier also "kinsman")..
2. Ammonite, from Hebrew ʕammônî, Ammonite, from ʕammôn, Ammon, perhaps from Canaanite *ʕamm, paternal kinsman, kin.
3. umma, from Arabic ʔumma, nation, people, community, from Aramaic ʔumməṯā, from Akkadian ummatu, troop, probably from earlier *ʕammatum, feminine of *ʕamm, paternal kinsman.
4. Hammurabi, from Akkadian ḫammurāpi, from Amorite *ʕammu-rāpiʔ, the (divine) kinsman (is) a healer, from *ʕammu, kinsman (*rāpiʔ, healer; see rpʔ ).
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