*ʕwr: 'to wake up, be awake; to rouse'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕwr
Meaning'to wake up, be awake; to rouse'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewʕûr; hif. (HALOT 802)HALOT 802gloss withheld
Ugaritic/ʕ-r/ (DULAT 175)DULAT 175gloss withheld
Akkadianêru (CAD E 326)CAD E 326gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicʿār 'to wake, watch'; ʿīr 'waking, watchful, vigilant' (part. adj.); pa. ʿayyar 'to wake, rouse'; aph. ʾaʿīr 'to wake, awaken, arouse' (Payne Smith 407)Payne Smith 407
Punicʿr in the personal names ʾšmnyʿr, yʿr, yʿrʾ (Krahmalkov 386)Krahmalkov 386gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicʕīr (HALOT 876)HALOT 876gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 802 separates II עור 'wake up' from I עור 'be blind' (2054). Syriac ʿīrā 'a watcher, guardian angel' is the participle as a noun (Payne Smith 407); Geez ʿer 'watcher, guardian', an epithet of angels, is from Hebrew ʿer through Greek eir (LGz. 68).

Updated 22 October 2026

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