# \*ḥVpVś-: 'search, seek'

> Proto-Semitic *ḥVpVś-, 'search, seek': 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>) › [ḥ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/het/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḥVpVś- |
| Meaning | 'search, seek' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ḥfš (Biella 182) | Biella 182 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ḥāpaś 'search' (BDB 344); ḥēpeś 'plot, device' (BDB 344) | BDB 344 |  |
| Ugaritic | ḥpšt (HALOT 341) | HALOT 341 |  |
| Arabic | ḥafaša (HALOT 341) | HALOT 341 |  |
| Tigre | ḥafs/ša (HALOT 341) | HALOT 341 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ḥps 'search' (Aramaic Root Atlas 0834) | Aramaic Root Atlas 0834 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | ḥps, ḥpš (HALOT 341; DJPA 212a apud CAL) | HALOT 341; DJPA 212a; CAL |  |
| Aramaic | ḥps (HALOT 341; CAL s.v. ḥps) | HALOT 341; CAL s.v. ḥps |  |

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## Notes

Geez ḥafaśa 'rake up, sweep up' (Leslau CDG 227) has the form but not the sense.

## Linked from

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

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