# \*bVḥVr-: 'choose'

> Proto-Semitic *bVḥVr-, 'choose': reflexes in 8 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>) › [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bVḥVr- |
| Meaning | 'choose' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1091 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | bêru (CAD B 212); bēru (CAD B 207) | CAD B 212; CAD B 207 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | bḥr; baḥar 'choose' (BDB 103) | BDB 103 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | bḥr (Sabaweb lemma 3927) | Sabaweb lemma 3927 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | (Palest) bǝhar; BḤR (Aramaic Root Atlas; Qumran 32 apud CAL); bḥyr | Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL; Anderson–Moser 2024 root bḥīr | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | bḥr: jabḥar, baḥīrum, baḥūrum, biḥīrum (Gelb AS 21, 16); yubḥar (Buck 2019, 325); b-ḥ-r: ia-ab-ḫa-ru-um, ia-ab-ḫa-ar-ᵈIM, ta-ab-ḫar-ba-al (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113) | Gelb AS 21 16; Buck 2019, 325; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ba-ʔà-lum/lu-um /b-ḥ-r/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113); ba-ʔà-lu-um = Sum. igi-zàg (VE 701; Civil 2017, 122), /baḥārum/ (G inf.) (Hajouz 2013, 159) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113; VE 701; Civil 2017, 122; Hajouz 2013, 159 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | \*/biḥīru/, pl. bound /biḥīrū/ (UVST 112–113) | UVST 112–113 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | /biḥr/: names bi-iʔ-ri, bi₄-iḫ-ri (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

NB beḫēru 'to select; to levy (troops)' is an Aramaic loan (CAD B 186).

## Linked from

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

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