Wiki/Kaphtor Semitic Roots/ʿ*ʕVrb-: 'to enter; to set (sun), west' Root FieldValueReconstruction*ʕVrb-Meaning'to enter; to set (sun), west'Basisproject Reflexes LanguageFormSourcesNoteAkkadianerēbu (CAD E 258)CAD E 258gloss withheldUgariticʕrb (DULAT 176)DULAT 176gloss withheldHebrewʕereb (HALOT 877); mʕrb (DNWSI 671)HALOT 877; DNWSI 671gloss withheldEpigraphic South ArabianSab mʿrb, mʿrbyt (SD 18, 19; Biella 382; Sabaweb lemmas 3807, 3808); Qat. mʕrbn (Ricks 1982 s.v. mʕrbn)SD 18, 19; Biella 382; Sabaweb lemmas 3807, 3808; Ricks 1982 s.v. mʕrbngloss withheldAramaicʿRB (Qumran 187 apud CAL)CAL; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ġrbgloss withheldJudaic Aramaicmaʿarbā (HALOT 615)HALOT 615Syrian Aramaicʿreb (HALOT 877)HALOT 877Geezʿarba, ʿaraba (HALOT 877)HALOT 877Eblaitic/ʕ-r-b/: names i-ru₁₂-ub-da-mu /yiʕrub=DN/, da-ru₁₂-bù /taʕrub=u/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 203)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 203gloss withheld A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.Updated 22 October 2026Linked from 1 pageʿ