# SY Za 9

A Linear A document: stone vessel from Syme.

- Site: Syme
- Object: Stone vessel
- Period: LMIA

## Text

1. [JA-PA-RA-JA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA-RA-JA-SE/index.md>)

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

May that which is poured out glorify (her).

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [JA-PA-RA-JA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA-RA-JA-SE/index.md>) | yapʾara yāṣē | may that which goes out glorify | Candidate |

## Commentary

Context: Peak sanctuary; sole word inscription (LM IA)

The sole word of the Syme inscription (first edition, transcription only: Muhly & Olivier 2008, 212–13, HM 5585, found 1987). The libation is the grammatical subject: what goes out of the vessel glorifies the goddess—cf. Isa 60:13 לְפָאֵר מְקוֹם מִקְדָּשִׁי "to beautify the place of my sanctuary", and the hitpaʿel prayer register (Isa 60:21, 61:3; Ben Sira 50:20). √p-ʾ-r also gives pəʾēr "diadem" and tipʾart "splendor".

## Lexicon entries

- [JA-PA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA-RA/index.md>) (yapʾara): may he/it glorify, adorn (3ms volitive yaqtula √p-ʾ-r; guttural ʾ unwritten). Candidate.
- [JA-PA-RA-JA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA-RA-JA-SE/index.md>) (yapʾara yāṣē): may that which goes out glorify—volitive yaqtula √p-ʾ-r + √y-ṣ-ʾ participle/imperfect (the outpoured libation as subject). Candidate.
- [JA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SE/index.md>) (yāṣē): that which goes out, it goes out (3ms imperfect/participle √y-ṣ-ʾ with ʾaleph-III loss). Candidate.

## References

- KTU: Dietrich, Manfried; Loretz, Oswald; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2013), Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani und anderen Orten / The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places (KTU³). Ugarit-Verlag, Münster (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 360/1); ISBN 978-3-86835-014-2
- Muhly, Polymnia; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (2008), Linear A Inscriptions from the Syme Sanctuary, Crete. Archaiologike Ephemeris,147,Archaeological Society at Athens,197–223

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.