Ḥ-R-M

Ḥ-R-M (Modern Hebrew: ח־ר־מ;¹² Arabic: ح–ر–م)³ is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The basic meanings expressed by the root can be translated as "forbid,"^45: 471, "exclude," "deny," "prohibit," "set apart," "sanctify," "inviolable," "to declare sacred or unlawful."⁶

• Masjid al-Haram (Arabic: ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْـحَـرَام);³ "The Sacred Mosque" – the mosque surrounding the Kaaba in Mecca⁵
• Al-Bayṫ al-Ḥarām (Arabic: ٱلْـبَـيْـت الْـحَـرَام,³ "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

• 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
• Harem (Arabic: حَـرِيْـم, "forbidden precinct"); private area of a house, in contrast to the areas meant for receiving guests; a place set apart for the household's women, and off-limits to non-Mahram men.
• Ḥarām (Arabic: حَـرَام); ritually impure, or a forbidden thing⁴⁵
• Ḥaram (Arabic: حَـرَم); sanctuary

• Ḥerem or Cherem (Hebrew: חרם,¹ pl. Ḥāremōṫ (Hebrew: חָרְמוֹת) or Ḥarāmôṫ (Hebrew: חֲרָמוֹת));² a term with several applications
• Haḥrāmah (Hebrew: הַחְרָמָה);⁷⁸ Confiscation (civil law)