# \*kVrVb- 'ask, request' 1, 'blessing, prayer' 2

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: to bless, pray; blessing, prayer
- SED semet 1309
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/1250_ask_request_1_blessing_prayer_2.md

## In Linear A

- [VIR+KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIR~2BKA/index.md>) (VIR+KA): kāribū, intercessory priests (VIR with the KA complement)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: karābu, 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)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Amorite: krb: 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)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab krb (Biella 251) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: məkʷrāb (LGz. 341) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: məḵʷrab (LGz. 341) (gloss withheld)

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