# \*tVwVr- 'turn' 1, 'go about, travel through; spy out' 2

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: to turn back, return; relent, be merciful; go about, spy out
- SED semet 1503
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/t/1420_turn_1_go_about_travel_through_spy_out_2.md

## In Linear A

- [TE-JA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE-JA-RE/index.md>) (Teyar): personal name, 'Merciful (god)'; rival tayyār 'trader'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: târu 1 (AHw 1332)
- Eblaitic: du-lum/da-wa-lum (= A₁.NÍGIN, VE 629); da-lum (= ŠU.MU.NÍGIN, VE 509) 1 (Kogan 2025, 7)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: tʾr 1 (HALOT 1676); twr 2 (HALOT 1707) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: twr 1: jitūr, tūr, tāʾirum, tārum, tīrum, fem. tīratum (Gelb AS 21, 34) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: /t-r/ 2 (DULAT 862) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: twr [-u-] 1
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic twr (L) 1 (Al-Jallad 2026, 154) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.