# \*pVwVr- 'boil' 1, 'anger, rage' 2, 'vat, trough of the wine-press' 3

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

- Author's gloss: to boil, seethe; rage; wine vat
- SED semet 857
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/p/846_boil_1_anger_rage_2_vat_trough_of_the_wine_press.md

## In Linear A

- [PU-VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PU-VIN/index.md>) (pūra): the (wine-)vat, a pressing unit (allocation heading); rival 'madder'

## Notes

HALOT 920 sets Hebrew pûrâ under pwr and compares Arabic fāra 'to bubble, gush forth'.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Syrian Aramaic: ʔetpīr 'to boil' 1 (Payne Smith 439); pāyrā 'rage, threat, anger' 2 (Payne Smith 444); pūrtā 'wrath, fury' 2 (Payne Smith 440)
- Hebrew: pûrâ 3 (BDB 807); 3, Is 63:3, Hg 2:16 (HALOT 920) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: fwr [-u-] 1 (Lane 2456); fāra fāʾiruhu 'his anger boiled; he became angry' 2; fawrat 'an ebullition of anger, rage, or passion' 2 (Lane 2457)

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