# \*zwn: 'to feed, provide food; food, provisions'

> Proto-Semitic *zwn, 'to feed, provide food; food, provisions': reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*zwn |
| Meaning | 'to feed, provide food; food, provisions' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | zanānu B (CAD Z 43; AHw 1510) | CAD Z 43; AHw 1510 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | māzôn (HALOT 565) | HALOT 565 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | zān 'to feed, provide, sustain' (Payne Smith 113) | Payne Smith 113 |  |
| Ugaritic | tznt (DULAT 872); znt (DULAT 984) | DULAT 872; DULAT 984 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | zwn hitpe. (HALOT 267); māzōn (HALOT 565) | HALOT 267; HALOT 565 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | zwn (DNWSI 308) | DNWSI 308 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 267 compares Akk. zanānu 'to care for, look after' with MHeb. zwn 'to feed'; Biblical Hebrew has the verb only by conjecture (Jb 36:31). HALOT 565 queries Syr. māzōnā as a Canaanite loan. Not 1448 \*ḏVnVm- 'rain' (Akk. zanānu A), K0469 \*zVyVn- 'adorn' or SA055 \*mwn 'food'.

## Linked from

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

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