# \*ʕwn: 'to help, aid'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕwn, 'to help, aid': reflexes in 4 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕwn |
| Meaning | 'to help, aid' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ˁwn (Lane 2203 apud SEDonline 1393) | Lane 2203; SEDonline 1393 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. h-ˁn (SD 23 apud SEDonline 1393); Sab s1tʿn (SD 23) | SD 23; SEDonline 1393 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ʿn; ʾʿn (Al-Jallad 2026, 20) | Al-Jallad 2026 20 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | מָעוֹן (HALOT 610) | HALOT 610 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PCS \*ˁwn 'to help, to aid' (Renfroe 1992: 22‒24; Kogan 2015: 323 apud SEDonline 1393). Arb. ˁawn- 'help, aid, assistance' (Lane 2203 apud SEDonline 1393). Akk. taḫanātu 'help, favour' (AHw 1301, CAD T 40) is an early West Semitic loan, \*ta-ˁān-at- (SEDonline 1393; Kogan 2025, 5). Kogan 2025, 5–6 adds Hebrew māʕōn 'refuge; habitation' (BDB 732) and Ugaritic ʕnn 'manservant' (DULAT 166–167).

## Linked from

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

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