# \*pVʔVr- 'to beautify, glorify, adorn; beauty, ornament, glory'

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

- Author's gloss: to adorn, glorify; glory, beauty; turban
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/p/2964_to_beautify_glorify_adorn_beauty_ornament_glory.md

## In Linear A

- [JA-PA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA-RA/index.md>) (yapʾara): may he/it glorify, adorn (3ms volitive yaqtula √p-ʾ-r; guttural ʾ unwritten)
- [JA-PA-RA-JA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA-RA-JA-SE/index.md>) (yapʾara yāṣē): may that which goes out glorify—volitive yaqtula √p-ʾ-r + √y-ṣ-ʾ participle/imperfect (the outpoured libation as subject)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: pāʔar (HALOT 908); tipʔeret (HALOT 1772); pǝʔēr (HALOT 908); pB. pǝʔēr, pl. pǝʔērōt; pēʔēr (Pi., denominative); hitpāʔēr (Jastrow 1131) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: pǝʔārā 'beads, trinkets strung on chains or cords' (Jastrow 1131)

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