# \*gwb: 'to protect; shield'

> Proto-Semitic *gwb, 'to protect; shield': 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>) › [G](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/g/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*gwb |
| Meaning | 'to protect; shield' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab gyb (Biella 71) (SD 51) | Biella 71; SD 51 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | jawb 'a shield'; jawwaba ʿalayhi 'he shielded him' (Lane 479) | Lane 479 |  |
| Mehri | gob (Biella 71) | Biella 71 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | gieb (Biella 71) | Biella 71 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Biella 71 sets Sab. gyb beside Arb. jwb. Lane 479 derives jawwaba ʿalayhi from jawb 'a shield', which he files under jwb 'to cut, hollow out' (561). LGz. 331 calls the link of Geʿez maggaba 'surround to protect, protect' with Te. mägba and the root gwb unlikely. Cf. SA051 \*kyb 'protect'.

## Linked from

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

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