# \*ʾabīr-: 'strong, mighty'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾabīr-, 'strong, mighty': reflexes in 3 language(s).

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## 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).

## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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