# \*ʕwn: 'dwelling, lair'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕwn, 'dwelling, lair': reflexes in 3 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕwn |
| Meaning | 'dwelling, lair' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | māʿôn (HALOT 610); mǝʿōnâ (HALOT 615) | HALOT 610; HALOT 615 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab mʿn, mʿwn (SD 23) | SD 23 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | mʿwn (Tomback 190) | Tomback 190 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 610 compares Arabic ġyn, maġnan; Sab. ʿ answers \*ʿ, not \*ġ. Biella 359 sets Sab. mʿnhw 'dwelling' under ʿWN II (?) with Arabic maʿān and Hebrew māʿôn. Kogan 2025, 5 n. 14 doubts HALOT 610's division of māʕōn I 'help, assistance' and māʕōn II 'dwelling' and sets māʕōn 'refuge; habitation' (BDB 732) under \*ʕwn 'help' (3442).

## Linked from

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

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