*bVɣiw-/*bVɣiy-: 'look for' 1, 'wish' 2, 'reveal, show' 3

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*bVɣiw-/*bVɣiy-
Meaning'look for' 1, 'wish' 2, 'reveal, show' 3
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 1017

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicbɣw [-i-] 2 (Lane 231); baġā 'he sought, sought for, after' 1 (Lane 231); bāġin 'seeking' 1 (Lane 232)Lane 231; Lane 232
Mehribeɣayt 2
Akkadianbuʔû, baʔû 1
Harsusibeɣayt 2
Aramaic(OAram) ybʕh 2, (Emp) bʕh 2
Hebrewbʕh 1 (HALOT 141)HALOT 141gloss withheld
Canaaniteibau, yuba(ḫ)u 1 (EA; HALOT 141)HALOT 141
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic bġy 1; bġy 1 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 59); bġ (ptc.) 1; Hismaic bġ 1 (Al-Jallad 2026, 27)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 59; Al-Jallad 2026 27gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicbʿā 'seek, ask, pray, desire' 1, 2 (Payne Smith 50)Payne Smith 50
Biblical Aramaicbʕy 1, 2 (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §4 no. 5)Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §4 no. 5gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicbʕy 1, 2 (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §4 no. 5)Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §4 no. 5gloss withheld
Ugaritic/b-ġ-y/ 3 (DULAT 215)DULAT 215gloss withheld

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