ṣarāpu  (vb. a/u)

1) to burn , to bake , to smelt , to refine ; 2) to dye in red ; (D) to give burning pain , to torture , to chastise , to scorch * ;

See also : sanāqu, ṣarāpu

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

• Proto-Semitic : ^*ṣarāp
• Arabic : ṣarafa  صَرَفَ "to cast"
• Hebrew : ṣāraṗ  צָרַפ "to purify"
• Ugaritic : ṣrp   "to purify by fire"

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