# \*ṣbw 'to wish, desire'

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

- Author's gloss: to desire, wish, long for
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%A3/3456_to_wish_desire.md

## In Linear A

- [SU-PU₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU-PU~E2~82~82/index.md>) (Ṣubʾu): Ṣubʾu (personal name); rival ṣābu 'workers, troop'

## Notes

PS *ṣbw 'to wish, to desire' (Kogan 2015: 95 apud SEDonline 2075). Arb. ṣabiyy- 'a youth' (Lane 1650 apud SEDonline 2075) mirrors the semantic evolution of PWS *ptw 'to desire' (> Arb. fataⁿ 'youth') (SEDonline 2075). Cf. 2727 *ṣVbVġ- 'to dip, dye' (Akk. ṣabû 'to soak', another verb).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ṣabû (AHw. 1073, CAD Ṣ 119 apud SEDonline 2075) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: /ṣubyān/: name zu-ba-an (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 214) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: *צבה, in צְבִי (HALOT 997) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: ṣbʾ: ṣabaʾum, ṣabiʾum, ṣabuʾum, ṣabʾum, ṣibʾum, fem. ṣibʾatum, ṣubʾum (Gelb AS 21, 34) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: צבה (HALOT BArm. s.v. צבה) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ṣbw (Lane 1649 apud SEDonline 2075) (gloss withheld)

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