*ʾabīr-: 'strong, mighty'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ʾabīr-
Meaning	'strong, mighty'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	ʾābîr (ʾăbîr yaʿăqōb, Gn 49:24); ʾabbîr (HALOT 6)	HALOT 6	gloss withheld
Amorite	ʾabru (Buck 2019, 323); ʾabbīr: a-bi-ri-nu-um (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 6)	Buck 2019, 323; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 6	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	/ʾ-b-r/: name a-bir₅-da-ba-an; /ʾabbīr/: cf. names a-bir₅(=), a-bí-lu/rúm, ka-sa-bí-bir₅ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 5–6)	Sanmartín GlOS 1, 5–6	gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 6 compares Akk. ab/pru 'strong' and takes ʾābîr as artificially differentiated from ʾabbîr. Cf. 1847 *ʾabbīr- 'stallion; bull', where SED finds no trace of 'strength'. Root *ʔbr 'to be strong', with Akk. abāru 'strength': 3151 (SEDonline 773).

Updated 22 October 2026

*ʾabīr-: 'strong, mighty'

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