*kʾp: 'rock, cliff'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*kʾp
Meaning'rock, cliff'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewkēpîm (pl.) (HALOT 492)HALOT 492gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaickīpā 'stone, rock' (Payne Smith 202)Payne Smith 202
Akkadiankāpu (kābu, kappu) (CAD K 191)CAD K 191gloss withheld
Aramaickp (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §9.2 no. 4)Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §9.2 no. 4gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaickp (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §9.2 no. 4)Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §9.2 no. 4gloss withheld
Amorite/kāp/: names a-bi-ga-pi, ka-bi-ia (Alalakh) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333gloss withheld
Emar/kāp/: names a-bi-ka, a-bi-ka-pí (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 492 takes the Hebrew (Jr 4:29, Jb 30:6, Sir 40:14) as an Aramaic loanword (Wagner 130) and compares Akkadian kāpu (AHw. 445a). CAD K 191 dates kāpu SB: the lexical lists Kagal and Proto-Diri, and the inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III. Not 3322 *kp 'to bend, curve'.

Updated 26 October 2026

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