Proto-Semitic root

*ṯVwVʕ-

‘noble, lord’

di Mino’s gloss: noble, lord, hero

In Linear A2 entries

DU-ZU-WAḏū-ṯuwāʕHe of the Lord (personal name)SpeculativeSemitic1 QE-SI-ZU-Eqīši ṯuʿēgift for the Heroes (construct: Amorite qīšum 'gift' + ṯuʿ 'Hero, Noble'), a recipient…SpeculativeSemitic2

Notes

DULAT 879 compares Hb. šwʕ and Akk. šuʔu/û = šarru. HALOT 1444 takes the JArm. word (Tg. Jb 34:19) as probably a Hebrew loan, ties šôaʿ to Ug. ṯʕ as the title of Kirta rather than ṯʕ ‘offering’, and lists Arab. wasiʿa (3584 *wšʕ) among the proposed etymologies. Not 3332 *yṯʿ ‘to help, save’, 615 *ŝVwVʕ- ‘call (for help)’ nor 2744 *ʾadōn- ‘lord’.

Reflexes3 languages

East Semitic1

Akkadianšuʾû A (šuwāʾu)lexical šu-ʾ-u = šarru (CAD Š/3 417)gloss withheld

Northwest Semitic2

Hebrewšôaʿ (HALOT 1444)gloss withheld
Ugariticṯʕ (II), title of Kirta and of the deified dead kings: krt ṯʕ (KTU 1.14 IV 37; DULAT 879–880)gloss withheld

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.