# \*ḥVbVŝₓ: 'tie'

> Proto-Semitic *ḥVbVŝₓ, 'tie': reflexes in 8 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>) › [ḥ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/het/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-26.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḥVbVŝₓ |
| Meaning | 'tie' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 378 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḥabasa; ḥabs (Lane 500); ḥabasa (HALOT 289) | Lane 500; HALOT 289 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ḥbs; ḥbst (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 83) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 83 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | abšu |  | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ḥbš (HALOT 289) | HALOT 289 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ḥbaš (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 8) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.3 no. 8 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ḥbš (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 8) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.3 no. 8 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | nu-ù-ba-áš /nuḥbaš(um)/ (ARET XI 3) (Fronzaroli 1995, 63); ib-zú /ḥibšum/ (= Sum. šu-sub₅, source D) (VE 525; Bonechi 2008, 7); /ḥabbūS/: names ḫa-bù-zu, ḫa-bù-zú (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 230) | ARET XI 3; Fronzaroli 1995, 63; VE 525; Bonechi 2008, 7; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 230 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ḥabīS: a-bi-zum/zu-um, a-bi-za-ni (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 230); ḥubāS: ú-ba-zu-um, ḫu-ba-zum/zu-um, ḫu-ba-az-za, ḫu-ba-za-an (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 230); ḥabSat: ḫa-ab-za-tum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 230) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 230 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Geez ḥabbasa 'imprison' and Tigre ḥabbasa (Wb. 79a; HALOT 289) are loans from Arabic ḥbs 'to shut in, to imprison' (SEDonline 1176).

## Linked from

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

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