# \*kʾp: 'rock, cliff'

> Proto-Semitic *kʾp, 'rock, cliff': reflexes in 7 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>) › [K](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/k/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-26.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*kʾp |
| Meaning | 'rock, cliff' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | kēpîm (pl.) (HALOT 492) | HALOT 492 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | kīpā 'stone, rock' (Payne Smith 202) | Payne Smith 202 |  |
| Akkadian | kāpu (kābu, kappu) (CAD K 191) | CAD K 191 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | kp (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §9.2 no. 4) | Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §9.2 no. 4 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | kp (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §9.2 no. 4) | Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §9.2 no. 4 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | /kāp/: names a-bi-ga-pi, ka-bi-ia (Alalakh) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | /kāp/: names a-bi-ka, a-bi-ka-pí (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333 | gloss 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'.

## Linked from

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

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