# \*bVṣVr- 'be inaccessible'

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

- Author's gloss: to be inaccessible; to fortify
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/b/2875_be_inaccessible.md

## In Linear A

- [PA-SA-RI-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-SA-RI-JA/index.md>) (Baṣariya): the Baṣirean, gentilic of Baṣīru, a town of Ugarit (Ug. bṣry): a wool section heading

## Notes

HALOT 148 compares Ug. bṣr 'to rise'.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: b-ṣ-r 'fortify, make inaccessible, enclose' (BDB 130)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: baṣura (HALOT 148) (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.