# \*bḫr: 'to be hot; to give off vapour, fume; incense'

> Proto-Semitic *bḫr, 'to be hot; to give off vapour, fume; incense': reflexes in 3 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bḫr |
| Meaning | 'to be hot; to give off vapour, fume; incense' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline 1381 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | baḫāru (AHw. 96 apud SEDonline 1381); buḫḫuru (CAD B 307); baḫru (CAD B 28) | AHw. 96; SEDonline 1381; CAD B 307; CAD B 28 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | bḫr (Lane 158 apud SEDonline 1381) | Lane 158; SEDonline 1381 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. ˀ-bḫr (SD 27 apud SEDonline 1381) | SD 27; SEDonline 1381 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PS \*bḫr 'to give off vapour or fume' (SEDonline 1381); EDA I 126 (◊P0194) compares Akk. baḫāru 'to be hot' with Arb. bḫr and Sab. ˀ-bḫr. The Mhr. həbḫáwr and Jib. ebḫér 'to fumigate' are from Arb. bḫr (EDA I 126, ◊P0194; SEDonline 1381).

## Linked from

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

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