# \*ʾlp: 'to be accustomed to, keep to; to learn'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾlp, 'to be accustomed to, keep to; to learn': reflexes in 4 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-26.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾlp |
| Meaning | 'to be accustomed to, keep to; to learn' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | ʾlp qal; pi. (HALOT 59) | HALOT 59 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | yilep 'to learn'; pa. ʾallep 'to teach, inform, show' (Payne Smith 18, 192) | Payne Smith 18, 192 |  |
| Arabic | ʾalifa (Lane 79) (HALOT 59); maʾlaf (Lane 81) | Lane 79; HALOT 59; Lane 81 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ʾ-l-p: names i/iḫ-la-ap=DN (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 23); ʾālip, fem. ʾālipā: names a-li-ib=DN, fem. ḫa-li-ba (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 23); ʾalūp, fem. ʾalūpat: names a-lu-bi, a-lu-pu-um, a-lu-pa-tum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 23) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 23 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 59 takes the Hebrew as an Aramaic loanword (Wagner 18), gives Jewish Aramaic and Syriac ʾlp beside ylp, and derives ʾelep 'cattle' (2113) from the verb as 'tame animal'; SED keeps 2113 apart from the verb. Arabic also has walafa III 'to be familiar' (HALOT 59). Not K0580 \*ʾVlVp- 'thousand'.

## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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