Proto-Semitic root
*yarVʾ-
‘to fear, be afraid, revere’ 1, ‘reverence, awe (abstract noun)’ 2
di Mino’s gloss: to fear, revere; awe
Record S17 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
Verb and abstract noun yirʾāt- (fem. -āt) attested in Ugaritic and Hebrew; the Arabic comparison is debated (Lane 2933).
Reflexes5 languages
Northwest Semitic4
- Ugariticyrʾ (DULAT 962)yrʾattrgm yrʾ (KTU 1.3 III 32)gloss withheld
- Hebrewyārēʾ (יָרֵא) (HALOT 432)yirʾā (יִרְאָה) (HALOT 433)yirʾat YHWH (Prov 1:7, Ps 111:10)nōrāʾ (Deut 10:17)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicyrʔ (HALOT 1671, Greenfield 1958: 226‒228 apud SEDonline 311)gloss withheld
- Amorite/y-r-ʾ/ 1: name ia-ra-a-nu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 352)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- ArabicCf. istawraʾa (Lane 2933)cf. waʾara (HALOT 432)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.