*wVʿVr-: 'wood' 1, 'be overawed' 2, 'honeycomb' 3

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*wVʿVr-
Meaning	'wood' 1, 'be overawed' 2, 'honeycomb' 3
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	waʕr 1 (HALOT 422)	HALOT 422	gloss withheld
Aramaic	yʿr 'thicket' 1	Anderson–Moser 2024 root wʿr
Hebrew	yaʿar 1 (HALOT 422–423); yaʿar, *yaʿărā 3 (HALOT 423)	HALOT 422–423; HALOT 423	gloss withheld
Punic	yʿr 'wood' 1	Anderson–Moser 2024 root wʿr
Ugaritic	yʿr 1; yʕr 2 (DULAT 934)	DULAT 934; Anderson–Moser 2024 root wʿr	gloss withheld
Geez	waʿara 1, 2 (LGz. 603); maʿār 3 (HALOT 423)	LGz. 603; HALOT 423	gloss withheld
Phoenician	*yʿr 1: šyr (T 127)	T 127	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	yaʕrā 'thicket, briar; vine sucker' 1 (Payne Smith 194)	Payne Smith 194
Judaic Aramaic	yʿaraʾ 1 (T 127)	T 127
Tigre	maʿar 3 (WTS 135 apud HALOT 423)	WTS 135; HALOT 423	gloss withheld
Moabite	yʕrn (DNWSI 464)	DNWSI 464	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Notes

HALOT 422 files I and II יַעַר under one root I יער.

Updated 4 November 2026

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