Proto-Semitic root
*kVrVb-
‘ask, request’ 1, ‘blessing, prayer’ 2
di Mino’s gloss: to bless, pray; blessing, prayer
Record 1250 ↗ · SED semet 1309 · Basis: SED
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes6 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadiankarābu, ikribu 2
- Eblaitic/kurb/ 2: names kul-bù, gul-bí, kul-bù-šum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 317)ig-da-ra-ab, ti-ig-da-ra-ab /taktarrab/ (Gtn preterite, cf. Akk. ikrub) (Krebernik 1988, 54, 58–59)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic1
- Amoritekrb: jakrub, kirb(ān)um (Gelb AS 21, 23)kurbu (Buck 2019, 328)kirb 2: ki-ir-ba-an, kir₁₀(GÌR)-ba-núm (Ur III)kārib 2: divine name k]a-ri-[i]b-tim (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 317)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab krb (Biella 251)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian2
- Geezməkʷrāb (LGz. 341)gloss withheld
- Tigrinyaməḵʷrab (LGz. 341)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.