# \*ŝₓaʕar- 'gate'

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

- Author's gloss: gate; gatekeeper
- SED semet 664
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%9B/677_gate.md

## In Linear A

- [TA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-RA/index.md>) (ṯa(ġ)ra): gatekeepers (of the sanctuary); rival Akkadian tārû 'child-minder'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Eblaitic: ša-ḫa-lum /ṯaġġār/ (= Sum. KÍD.SAG) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 318) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Phoenician: šʿr (Krahmalkov 475; T 328); šʿrm (Krahmalkov 476) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: šaʕar (HALOT 1614); šʕr (DNWSI 1179) (gloss withheld)
- Canaanite: EA ša-ah-ri (EA 244; ORACC aemw/amarna qca; 1 instance) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: trʿ (DNWSI 1232) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: šʿr (T 328) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: ṯġr 'gate' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṯġr]
- Judaic Aramaic: tarʿā, tarʿ (HALOT 1614)
- Biblical Aramaic: *tarʿā (HALOT 1614)
- Syrian Aramaic: tarʿaʾ (T 328)
- Mandaic Aramaic: tyraʾ (T 328)
- Moabite: šʕr (DNWSI 1179) (gloss withheld)

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