Ḥ-R-M

Ḥ-R-M (Modern Hebrew: ח–ר–מ; Arabic: ح–ر–م) is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root translates as "forbidden".

Arabic

See also: Muzdalifah § The Sacred Monument, and Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi

Names

• Masjid al-Haram (Arabic: ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْـحَـرَام); "The Sacred Mosque" – the mosque surrounding the Kaaba in Mecca
• Al-Bayṫ al-Ḥarām (Arabic: ٱلْـبَـيْـت الْـحَـرَام, "The Sacred House"); the Kaaba
• Muḥarram (Arabic: مُـحَـرَّم, "The Sanctified [Month]"); the first month of the Islamic calendar
• Al-Ḥaram ash-Sharîf (Arabic: ٱلْـحَـرَم الـشَّـرِيْـف, "The Noble Sanctuary"); the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Concepts

• Maḥram (Arabic: مَـحْـرَم, "forbidden", "unmarriageable (kinsman)", also "no need to cover" (see also types of hijab), or an unforbidden person within the family)
• Iḥrâm (Arabic: إِحْـرَام); Hajj cloth, and the state of ritual consecration
• Ḥarīm (Arabic: حَـرِيْـم, "forbidden precinct"); women's area in a house, forbidden for non-Mahram men
• Ḥarām (Arabic: حَـرَام); ritually impure, or a forbidden thing
• Ḥaram (Arabic: حَـرَم); sanctuary

Hebrew and Aramaic concepts

• Ḥerem or Cherem (Hebrew: חרם, pl. Ḥāremōṫ (Hebrew: חָרְמוֹת) or Ḥarāmôṫ (Hebrew: חֲרָמוֹת)); a term with several applications
• Haḥrāmah (Hebrew: הַחְרָמָה); Confiscation (civil law)

See also

• Holiest sites in Islam
• List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran
• Middle East