# \*špr: 'to be beautiful, clean; to shine' > Proto-Semitic *špr, 'to be beautiful, clean; to shine': reflexes in 10 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [š](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## 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 | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Hebrew šāpar qal 'to please' (Ps 16:6) is an Aramaism (HALOT 1635). ## Linked from - [š]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/2612_to_be_beautiful_clean_to_shine/ 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.