# \*ʕnk 'closure (of a door), fastening, barring'

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

- Author's gloss: closing, bolting of a door
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BF/4414_closure_of_a_door_fastening_barring.md

## In Linear A

- [TA-NI-KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NI-KA/index.md>) (Taʿnaku): Taanach (place name); rival a personal name

## Notes

HALOT 1769 reports both Arabic words for Taanach, after Gesenius and Boehmer, and calls them equally questionable.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: Taʿnak (Taanach), place name, taqtal of the root per Boehmer (HALOT 1769)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʿanak; ʿank (HALOT 1769) (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.