# \*biŝr-/\*baŝar- {} \*biĉr-/\*baĉar-: 'flesh, (human) body'

> Proto-Semitic *biŝr-/*baŝar- {} *biĉr-/*baĉar-, 'flesh, (human) body': reflexes in 17 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 | \*biŝr-/\*baŝar- {} \*biĉr-/\*baĉar- |
| Meaning | 'flesh, (human) body' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2023 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | bašar- 'outer skin (in man), epidermis; man, humankind' \[BK 1 129\]; cf. also bašār-at- 'beauty of form, of the body' \[ibid. 129\] | BK 1 129; BK 129 |  |
| Mehri | bǝŝǝrēt \[JM 56\] | JM 56 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | bišru \[CAD b 270\], \[AHw 131\] | CAD b 270; AHw 131 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | bisra \[DM 62\] | DM 62 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | bšr \[DULAT 241\] | DULAT 241 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | bäsär \[LGur 159\] (without quoting individual dialects) | LGur 159 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL besra \[Berg 15\] MLH besro \[J Mlah 170\] HRT besra \[J Hert 183\] NASS bịsrɔ, busra \[Tser 031\] MMND besrā \[M MND 503, 511\] GZR písṛa \[Nak 82\] IRAN bᵉsrâ \[Pen 65\] | Berg 15; J Mlah 170; J Hert 183; Tser 031; M MND 503, 511; Nak 82; Pen 65 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | bǝŝǝrɛ́t \[JJ 30\] | JJ 30 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | bāŝār (HALOT 164) | HALOT 164 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | SAB bs2r \[SD 33; Sabaweb lemma 3984\]; MIN bs2r (LM 24 apud SED I 39) | SD 33; Sabaweb lemma 3984; LM 24; SED I 39 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | bǝsar, bisrā \[Ja 199\], \[DJPA 115b apud CAL\] | Ja 199; DJPA 115b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Harari | bäsär \[LHar 47\] | LHar 47 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | besrā 'flesh' \[Brock 82\] | Brock 82 |  |
| Gafat | bäsärä \[LGaf 191\] | LGaf 191 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | OFF bšr \[HJ 204\]; DEM bsr (HJ 1254 apud SED I 38) | HJ 204; HJ 1254; SED I 38 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | bǝŝar 'flesh' (BDB 1085) | BDB 1085 |  |
| Punic | bšr, bšʿr, bšʾr (T 57); bšr \[HJ 204\] | T 57; HJ 204 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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