*ʾVzVb-: 'hyssop'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ʾVzVb-
Meaning	'hyssop'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Aramaic	ʾyzwb (CAL s.v. ʾyzwb)	CAL s.v. ʾyzwb; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾzb	gloss withheld
Hebrew	ʾezowb 'hyssop'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾzb
Ugaritic	uzb, KTU 1.178 1 (Rendsburg 2026, 205)	KTU 1; Rendsburg 2026, 205; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾzb	gloss withheld
Arabic	ʾazāb (LGz. 52)	LGz. 52
Eblaitic	cf. áš-bù, a:zu-ba-tum /ʾazB/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 60)	Sanmartín GlOS 1, 60	gloss withheld

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Notes

Geez ʾazāb, ʾazab, ʾazob 'hyssop, mint' is from Hebrew ʾezōb (LGz. 52). HALOT 27: Syr. zōfā, Arb. zūfā, Eth. ʾazāb, ʾazōb, '< Akk. zūpu' (BL 487o). Borrowed from NWS as Greek ὕσσωπος, Latin hyssopus; the Ugaritic u- matches the upsilon (Rendsburg 2026, 205).

Updated 22 October 2026

*ʾVzVb-: 'hyssop'

Root

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