Number: 2432
Proto-Semitic: *ɣupr-
Meaning: young of deer
Hebrew: ʕōpär 'a young fallow deer' [KB 862]. In Cant only (ʕōpär hāʔayyālīm in 2.9,17 and 8.14, šǝnē ʕŏ- pārīm tǝʔōmē/toʔŏmē ṣǝbiyyā in 4.5 and 7.4).
Aramaic: Off. ʕpr 'young stag/gazelle' [HJ 879]. Hapax in an economic text (mšky ʕprn 'hides of stags' ATNS 99:2), cf. [Segal 108].
Arabic: ɣafr-, ɣufr- 'petit de chamois ou de chèvre, chevreau', ɣifr- 'veau' [BK 2 483], [Fr. III 85], [Lane 2273-4], [LA V 28].
Notes: Cf. comparable forms with ʕ in Arb.: yaʕfūr-, yuʕfūr- 'ga- zelle; petit de gazelle ou de biche' [BK 2 299], [Fr. III 184], [Lane 2091], [LA IV 585]. Note also Arb. ʕifr-, ʕufr- 'porc, verrat; petit cochon, pourceau' [BK 2 297], [Fr. III 183], [Lane 2089], [LA IV 584], somewhat distant semantically but, if rela- ted, still preserving the original meaning 'young of an animal'. [KB 862]: Hbr., Arb. (ɣufr-); [Hommel 283]: Arb. (ɣufr-), Hbr.
