# \*kVšVp- 'bewitch'

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

- Author's gloss: to bewitch; sorcerer, sorcery
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/2815_bewitch.md

## In Linear A

- [QE-SU-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-SU-PU/index.md>) (qaššāpu): sorcerer, diviner (occupational title or PN)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: kašāpu; kišpu (HALOT 503) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: /k-ṯ-p/: name ig-šè-bù (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 328); KA.DIB = ga-šè-bù, ga-šè-bù-um /kāṯip/, names ga-šè-bù, ga-ši-bù, ga-šè-ba-šum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 328) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: k-š-p 'bewitch, practice magic' (Aramaic Root Atlas 0640)
- Hebrew: k-š-p; kešep (BDB 506; HALOT 503) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: kšp (CUC; DULAT 462) (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.