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Does anybody know of any comparative word lists or dictionaries that at least contain Semitic languages?

I know there is a comprehensive list of reconstructed Proto-Semitic roots, but it is really of poor use for comparative purposes, and especially for reverse searches.

Wow, as it happens, I was browsing a Swadesh list of semitic languages earlier today. Not sure how useful it will be to you, but here it is. It's got Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Akkadian and Ge'ez.

Well there is the StarLing etymological database:
http://newstar.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/query.c ... mham\semet
Their reconstructions may very well be out of date however (given their previous track record).

Swadesh list is greatly appreciated and useful. I would definitely like something more comprehensive and more academic, however, if anybody else has anything. (This list is crap if you don't know one of the languages, let alone them all).

As for the etymological database -- that was the crappy list I was talking about :/

Well, this book contains quite nice vocabulary lists and quick descriptions of the phonologies of many Semitic languages in comparison with PS. The vocabulary lists don't include PS roots though, since it's meant as a book to practice your reconstruction skills with.