*ʿVwVb-: 'bad' 1, 'dark' 2, 'abomination' 3

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ʕāba 'faulty' (Lane 2206)	Lane 2206; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿwb
Aramaic	ʿWB (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ʿwb)	Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ʿwb; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿwb	gloss withheld
Hebrew	ʿuwb; tôʿēbâ 3 (HALOT 1702)	HALOT 1702; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿwb	gloss withheld
Phoenician	tʿbt 3 (Krahmalkov 496)	Krahmalkov 496	gloss withheld

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HALOT 1702 derives tôʿēbâ from a by-form of Arabic ʿāba, ʿaybān 'to be faulty, be corrupted, be polluted'; Hebrew tʿb 'to abhor' is denominative.

Updated 3 November 2026