# \*ḥsn: 'to be strong and good' > Proto-Semitic *ḥsn, 'to be strong and good': reflexes in 9 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [ḥ](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*ḥsn | | Meaning | 'to be strong and good' | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 3148 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | ḥasan- 'beautiful, pretty; good, excellent' BK 1 428; cf. Arb. ḥisnat- 'wage, price of labor' (BK 1 428) | BK 1 428 | | | Hebrew | ḥăsīn (HALOT 338) | HALOT 338 | gloss withheld | | Judaic Aramaic | cf. ḥsn (Itpa.) 'to be fully compensated' (Ja. 489) | Ja. 489 | | | Syrian Aramaic | ḥasīn- 'firm, robust', ḥsn (Etpe.) 'he was overcome/surpassed' (Brock. 248); ḥūsānā 'strength, defence, protection' (Payne Smith 132) | Brock. 248; Payne Smith 132 | | | Aramaic | ḥsyn (HALOT 338) | HALOT 338 | | | Mandaic Aramaic | hsn (HALOT 338) | HALOT 338 | gloss withheld | | Biblical Aramaic | ḥsn (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §2 no. 8) | Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §2 no. 8 | gloss withheld | | Amorite | ḥasnatu (Buck 2019, 327) | Buck 2019, 327 | gloss withheld | | Eblaitic | /ḥasan/: names ḫa-za-an, ḫa-za-nu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 253) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 253 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Mehri ḥássǝn (JM 189), marked as an Arabism; cf. ḥǝsǝnēt (JM 189) (<Arb.?). Tigre ḥäsnä (LH 73) (<Arb.?). Jibbali C. Jib. aḥsín, aḥtsín, s̃ḥɛsín (JJ 116) (<Arb.?). Cf. E. Jib. ḥǝsǝnēt (JM 189) (<Arb.?). ## Linked from - [ḥ]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/het/2613_to_be_strong_and_good/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.