# \*ṯVwVʕ- 'noble, lord'

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

- Author's gloss: noble, lord, hero
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%AF/3807_noble_lord.md

## In Linear A

- [DU-ZU-WA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-ZU-WA/index.md>) (ḏū-ṯuwāʕ): He of the Lord (personal name; ḏū 'he of' + ṯuwāʕ 'lord'); rival 'the noble one'
- [QE-SI-ZU-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-SI-ZU-E/index.md>) (qīši ṯuʿē): gift for the Heroes (construct: Amorite qīšum 'gift' + ṯuʿ 'Hero, Noble'), a recipient of wine; rival 'the noble's gift'

## 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'.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: šuʾû A (šuwāʾu); lexical šu-ʾ-u = šarru (CAD Š/3 417) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

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

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