*špr: 'to be beautiful, clean; to shine'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*špr
Meaning	'to be beautiful, clean; to shine'
Basis	SED
SED	SEDonline semet 3147

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Punic	NPu. špʾr (Krahmalkov 479)	Krahmalkov 479	gloss withheld
Modern Aramaic	Urm. šapīr-
Syrian Aramaic	šappīr-; šəpar (LGz. 530)	LGz. 530
Aramaic	šappīr (OLA80 §29.11)	OLA80 §29.11	gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic	špr (HALOT 1635)	HALOT 1635
Arabic	safara (HALOT 1635)	HALOT 1635
Amorite	špr (Huffmon APNM 252); šapru (Buck 2019, 333); Sapar: sa-pa-ra-an, a-bi-sa-pár/pa-ar, ša-ba-ar-kum (Ur III); Sapir: sa-bi-ru(-um), a-bi-ša-pí-ir, ša-bi-ru-um (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 259)	Huffmon APNM 252; Buck 2019, 333; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 259	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	šappīr (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §2 no. 16)	Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §2 no. 16	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	/Sapir/: cf. names ša-bir₅-gi-nu, ša-pi-a/ra (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 259)	Sanmartín GlOS 2, 259	gloss withheld
Hebrew	שִׁפְרָה (HALOT 1636); šāpar (LGz. 530)	HALOT 1636; LGz. 530	gloss withheld

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Notes

Hebrew šāpar qal 'to please' (Ps 16:6) is an Aramaism (HALOT 1635).

Updated 22 October 2026

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