# \*śVnVʾ-: 'hate' > Proto-Semitic *śVnVʾ-, 'hate': reflexes in 13 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [ś](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*śVnVʾ- | | Meaning | 'hate' | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | šanaʔa (Leslau CDG 554) | Leslau CDG 554 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | śaneʾ 'hate' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root śnʾ | | | Ugaritic | šnʾ (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 60); /mašnŭ̄ʾu/? (UVST 182) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 60; UVST 182; Anderson–Moser 2024 root śnʾ | gloss withheld | | Biblical Aramaic | ś-n-ʾ 'hate' (BDB 1114) | BDB 1114 | | | Phoenician | šnʾt (T 326) | T 326 | gloss withheld | | Judaic Aramaic | sənāʾ (HALOT 1338) | HALOT 1338 | | | Aramaic | šnʾ (HALOT 1338) | HALOT 1338 | | | Canaanite | šūnû (HALOT 1338) | HALOT 1338 | | | Syrian Aramaic | sənāʾ (HALOT 1338) | HALOT 1338 | | | Mandaic Aramaic | SNA (HALOT 1338) | HALOT 1338 | | | Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab s₂nʾ (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 60; Sabaweb lemma 1263); Qat. s2nʔ (Ricks 1982 s.v. s2nʔ) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 60; Sabaweb lemma 1263; Ricks 1982 s.v. s2nʔ | gloss withheld | | Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic śnʾ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 126); śnʾt; Taymanitic śnʾ (Al-Jallad 2026, 141) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 126; Al-Jallad 2026 141 | gloss withheld | | Moabite | šnʔ (DNWSI 1169) | DNWSI 1169 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Linked from - [ś]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/sin/K0484_hate/ 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.