# \*ʕwl: 'to act unjustly; injustice'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕwl, 'to act unjustly; injustice': 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>) › [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-26.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕwl |
| Meaning | 'to act unjustly; injustice' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | ʿwl (pi.); ʿāwel (HALOT 797); ʿawlâ (HALOT 798) | HALOT 797; HALOT 798 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʿawlā (HALOT 797) | HALOT 797 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʿwal 'to do iniquity; to wrong' (Payne Smith 404); ʿawwāl 'unjust, unrighteous, lawless; evil-doer'; ʿawlā 'iniquity, injustice, injury, wrong' (Payne Smith 405) | Payne Smith 404; Payne Smith 405 |  |
| Arabic | ʿāla 'he (a judge) deviated from the right course, acted wrongfully' (Lane 2200) | Lane 2200 |  |

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## Notes

HALOT 797 compares Geez ʿalawa and Tigre 'to spoil, act treacherously, rebel'; LGz. 62 takes ʿwl as a metathesis of ʿlw. 2144 \*ʕVwVl- 'young of animals' is HALOT's II ʿwl.

## Linked from

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

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