# SE-WA-AU-DE (šawaʿ-dē)

> who cries out, the one who implores (relative clause: √š-w-ʿ + determinative-relative dē)

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: šawaʿ-dē
- Confidence: Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Root: [\*ŝVwVʕ-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/615/index.md>) 'call (for help)' + [\*ḏī-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/K0877/index.md>) 'he who, that which' (masculine demonstrative/relative)
- Kind: Ritual
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: SE (se) · WA (wa) · AU (au) · DE (de)

## Compared forms

- Hebrew: *šwʿ* — šwʿ 'call for help', təšawwaʿ wəyōʾmar hinnēnî 'you will cry for help, and he will say: Here I am' (Isa 58:9; HALOT 1443)

## Attestations

- [ZA Zg 35](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/ZAZg35/index.md>): A-MI-JA-RU SE-WA-AU-DE

## Commentary

ZA Zg 35 (label): ]A-MI-JA-RU · SE-WA-AU-DE. √š-w-ʿ 'cry for help' (Heb. šiwwaʿ, Isa 58:9; šawʿâ) + -DE dē, the relative of A-TA-I-*301-DE-KA (di Mino, Ya Diktu): 'the one who cries out'. Weak point: AU is /aw/, one w more than the root. Rival: a second personal name, as on a label. See DU.

## Same root

- [DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU/index.md>) (du)
- [DA-QE-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-QE-RA/index.md>) (ḏā-Qīra)
- [DU-RU-WI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-RU-WI/index.md>) (ḏu-luwwī)
- [DU-MA-I-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-MA-I-NA/index.md>) (ḏū-maʿīna)
- [DU-NE-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-NE-MI/index.md>) (ḏū-naʿmi)
- [DU-ZU-WA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-ZU-WA/index.md>) (ḏū-ṯuwāʕ)
- [KA-\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-*305/index.md>) (ka-ḏā)

## References

- Reading: di Mino
- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln
- Ya Diktu: di Mino, Tom (2026), Ya Diktu: Grammar of the Minoan Peak Sanctuary Libation Formula. Minoan Mystery, online,46 pp.

---

Page: https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SE-WA-AU-DE/
Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.