# \*ʕrb: 'to offer, present (a gift, a sacrifice)'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕrb, 'to offer, present (a gift, a sacrifice)': reflexes in 4 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-27.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕrb |
| Meaning | 'to offer, present (a gift, a sacrifice)' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenician | ʿrbt (Krahmalkov 386) | Krahmalkov 386 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | IV ʿrb qal (sacrifices, Hos 9:4) (HALOT 877) | HALOT 877 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ʿrb (Sabaweb lemma 3809); ʿrb (Sabaweb lemma 3812) | Sabaweb lemma 3809; Sabaweb lemma 3812 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /ʕirb/: names ir₁₁-bu₁₆, ir-bí, ìr-bù-ga-ma-al₆ /ʕirbu=DN/, ìr-ba-su(m), ìr-ba-ša/šu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 203) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 203 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Krahmalkov 386 sets Phoenician ʿrb I 'present a gift' beside Old South Arabian and Arabic ʿrb 'offer', apart from ʿrb II 'take care of, have custody'. HALOT 877 takes Hebrew IV ʿrb (Hos 9:4) as the Old South Arabian causative 'to offer a sacrifice', against Wolff's III ʿrb 'to be pleasing' and an emendation. SD 18 files Sab ʿrb 'offer' with tʿrb 'give pledges'; Sabaweb keeps them apart (lemmas 3809, 3811). Not K0651 \*ʿVrVb- 'pledge', 2675 \*ʕVrb- 'to enter' or 850 \*mnḥ 'give, offer'.

## Linked from

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

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