# \*ʾaṯir-at- 'sacred grove/pole; goddess (Asherah)'

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

- Author's gloss: Athirat, Asherah; sacred pole, grove
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BE/2718_sacred_grove_pole_goddess_Asherah.md

## In Linear A

- [A-ZU-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-ZU-RA/index.md>) (ʾAṯirat): Athirat (divine name: the Goddess)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: Ašratu (HALOT 99) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: aṯrt (DULAT 125) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ʔšrt (T 36) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: ʾšr qdš (Krahmalkov 85–86) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ʔăšērā (HALOT 99) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ʾăšērtā (HALOT 99)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: ʾṯrt (HALOT 99)

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