ܫܡܝ
·שמי
·SH-M-Y
heaven, sky
Two scripts, one root — Syriac and Hebrew square resolve to the same three-letter skeleton.
Across 1,500 years
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One skeleton, several meanings
A three-letter root is a skeleton, not a single word. The same consonants can carry related — sometimes quite different — senses. This atlas groups words by their skeleton; a dictionary separates the individual senses. Treat what you see here as a starting point for exploration, not a final definition.
Cousins in sister languages
Fascinating connections — an explorer’s leads, not dictionary-grade etymology.