# \*šwr: 'wall'

> Proto-Semitic *šwr, 'wall': 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>) › [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šwr |
| Meaning | 'wall' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | šûr (HALOT 1453); \*šārâ (HALOT 1653) | HALOT 1453; HALOT 1653 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | \*šûr (HALOT 1453) | HALOT 1453 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | šûrā (HALOT 1453) | HALOT 1453 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | šūrā 'city wall, rampart' (Payne Smith 568) | Payne Smith 568 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab hs1r; ms1wrt (SD 129); hsr (Biella 330) | SD 129; Biella 330 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | šr (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §4 no. 12) | Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §4 no. 12 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | ša-ra /šâru/ (Pentiuc 2001, 169–170) | Pentiuc 2001 169–170 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | s₁ār: cf. sa-ri, sa-ru-um, sa-ra-nu-um (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 266) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 266 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Sabaic s1 answers Hebrew and Aramaic š. HALOT 1453 takes Arabic sūr 'the wall of a city' (Lane 1464) as an Aramaic loan. Sab ms1rt (SD 129) is glossed '?wall' or 'covered hall'.

## Linked from

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

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