# \*šVmVr- 'guard'

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

- Author's gloss: to guard, keep, watch; guardian
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%A1/K0524_guard.md

## In Linear A

- [SA-MA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-MA-RO/index.md>) (Samarō): Samarō, personal name, 'guard'

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Punic: šmr; šmrt (T 325) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root šmr]
- Hebrew: mišmār; mišmeret (HALOT 649); šmr (HALOT 1581) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: šmr (T 325); mšmr (Krahmalkov 318) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: šmr (itpa.) (HALOT 1581) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: śmr: śamarum, śāmirum, śimrum, maśmarum (Gelb AS 21, 32); šimru, šimmāru, šammāru, šamar (Buck 2019, 333) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: šmar 'guard, keep; send forth, dismiss' (Payne Smith 585)
- Aramaic: šmr (DNWSI 1166) (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.