# \*ŝVwVʕ- 'call (for help)'

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

- Author's gloss: to cry for help
- SED semet 595
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%9B/615_call_for_help.md

## In Linear A

- [SE-WA-AU-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SE-WA-AU-DE/index.md>) (šawaʿ-dē): who cries out, the one who implores (relative clause: √š-w-ʿ + determinative-relative dē)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: šwʕ

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