*ʾVṯVr-: 'go, follow the track; trace, place' 1, 'happiness' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʾVṯVr-
Meaning'go, follow the track; trace, place' 1, 'happiness' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewʾašar (HALOT 97); ʾōšer 2 (HALOT 99)HALOT 97; HALOT 99gloss withheld
Akkadianašāru, ašru (HALOT 97)HALOT 97gloss withheld
Arabicʾaṯar, ʾiṯr (HALOT 97)HALOT 97gloss withheld
Tigreʾasra (HALOT 97)HALOT 97gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabianʾṯr (HALOT 97); Sab. brṯ (SD 32; Biella 60–61; Sabaweb lemma 1466), from b- + ʾṯr (Rendsburg 2022, 322–323); Sab ʾṯr, b-ʾṯr (Biella 31); Sab b-ʾṯry 1 (SD 9)HALOT 97; SD 32; Biella 60–61; Sabaweb lemma 1466; Rendsburg 2022, 322–323; Biella 31; SD 9gloss withheld
Soqotriʾihor (LGz. 45); éʸhor (SLOnline 3177)LGz. 45; SLOnline 3177gloss withheld
Aramaicʾăṯar (LGz. 45); btr (DNWSI 206)LGz. 45; DNWSI 206gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicʾaṯrā (LGz. 45)LGz. 45gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaicatra (LGz. 45)LGz. 45gloss withheld
Phoenicianʾšr (T 36)T 36gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicʾatraʾ (T 36)T 36
Geezʾašar (HALOT 97)HALOT 97gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʾṯr (Al-Jallad 2026, 9)Al-Jallad 2026 9gloss withheld
PunicNeo-Punic ʾšr 2, in bʾšr lb (Krahmalkov 85)Krahmalkov 85gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicʾătar 1 (HALOT 97)HALOT 97gloss withheld

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Notes

Rendsburg 2022, 332–333 and n. 76: Sabaic (4×) and Minaic (1×) ʾrṯt, the name of a sanctuary, is the feminine of ʾṯr 'place' with the same metathesis, beside Akkadian aširtu 'sanctuary'; South Arabian ʾṯrt is the name of the goddess Asherah (3× Minaic, 41× Qatabanian), not 'sanctuary'. Biella 31 compares Arabic ʾiṯra 'after' and Syriac bāṯār 'in the track of, after'. HALOT 97 derives ʾšr II pi. 'to call happy' from ʾōšer 'happiness' and traces it to ʾšr I 'to stride'; HALOT 99 cites Neo-Punic bʾšr lb 'joy of the heart'.

Updated 3 November 2026

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