# \*ṯVpVṭ- 'judge (v.)'

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

- Author's gloss: to judge, rule; judge, judgment
- SED semet 1012
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%AF/987_judge_v.md

## In Linear A

- [TU-PI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-PI-TA/index.md>) (ṯāpiṭu): judge (title)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: špṭ (AHw 1172)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ṯpṭ (DULAT 912); ṯpṭ (title of Yaríḫ, KTU 1.24:25) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: špṭ; špṭ (T 329); mšpṭ (T 203) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: šāpaṭ; šōpēṭ; mišpāṭ (gloss withheld)
- Punic: špṭ 'judge' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṯpṭ]
- Amorite: špṭ: šipṭum (Gelb AS 21, 33); ṯipṭi (Buck 2019, 334); šapāṭu (ARM 26/1, 31: 11), šāpiṭu, šāpiṭūtu, šipṭu (Streck 2000, 117–118); ṯāpiṭ: ša-pí-ṭum, ša-pí-ṭim (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 327) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. ṯpṭ (HALOT 1622); ṯfṭ (SD 150) (gloss withheld)

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