*ḥVbVb-: 'love'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ḥVbVb-
Meaning	'love'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Punic	ḥbb; mḥb (T 169)	T 169; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥbb	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab ḥbb (SD 65; Biella 163)	SD 65; Biella 163	gloss withheld
Arabic	ḥabba (HALOT 284)	HALOT 284	gloss withheld
Tigre	taḥābaba (Wb. 80a apud HALOT 284)	Wb. 80a; HALOT 284	gloss withheld
Amorite	ḥbb: ʾaḥbab, ḥabībum (Gelb AS 21, 19)	Gelb AS 21 19	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	ḥab 'kindle; love' (Payne Smith 122)	Payne Smith 122
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic ḥb (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 83); ʾḥbb; ḥbb, fem. ḥbbt; mḥbb; mḥb; ʾḥb; Hismaic ḥb; Thamudic D ḥb, ḥbb (Al-Jallad 2026, 72)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 83; Al-Jallad 2026 72	gloss withheld
Modern Arabic	Daṯ. ḥabāb (Biella 163)	Biella 163
Judaic Aramaic	ḥabbeb (T 169)	T 169
Mandaic Aramaic	hbb, hmbb (T 169)	T 169
Soqotri	ḥbb (T 169)	T 169

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Notes

Hebrew ḥbb 'love', Aramaic loanword (HALOT 284).

Updated 22 October 2026

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