# \*gdl: 'tower'

> Proto-Semitic *gdl, 'tower': reflexes in 9 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>) › [G](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/g/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*gdl |
| Meaning | 'tower' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | migdāl (HALOT 543) | HALOT 543 | gloss withheld |
| Moabite | mgdl (HALOT 543) | HALOT 543 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | mgdl (HALOT 543) | HALOT 543 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | Neo-Punic \[mig\]dal (Krahmalkov 269) | Krahmalkov 269 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | migdǝlāʾ (HALOT 543) | HALOT 543 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | magdal, magdlā 'a tower, bulwark' (Payne Smith 249) | Payne Smith 249 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | mgdl (HALOT 543) | HALOT 543 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic mgdl (Al-Jallad 2026, 49) | Al-Jallad 2026 49 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | mgdl (DULAT 524) | DULAT 524 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Noun of the root of 875 \*gVdVl- 'big'. HALOT 543 derives Arabic mijdal from Old South Arabian mgdl and lists Coptic megtol.

## Linked from

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

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