# \*zVnVq-: 'bind'

> Proto-Semitic *zVnVq-, 'bind': reflexes in 3 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>) › [Z](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/z/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*zVnVq- |
| Meaning | 'bind' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | zanaqa; zināq (HALOT 276; HALOT 277); zināq (Lane 1259) | HALOT 276; HALOT 277; Lane 1259 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | zånaq (HALOT 1023); zeqqā (HALOT 277) | HALOT 1023; HALOT 277 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | z-q-q 'fetters' (BDB 279) | BDB 279 |  |

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

## Notes

Hebrew zēq and Syriac zeqqā (also zanqā) assimilate the n that Arabic zināq keeps. HALOT 277 takes the Hebrew and Aramaic as loans from Akkadian sinqu; Kaufman 1974, 61 rejects that. Arabic ziqq and Geez zaqq 'skin, skin bottle' (HALOT 277) are another word: Arabic ziqq is from Aramaic, and Geez zəq perhaps from Arabic (LGz. 642).

## Linked from

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

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