*ḥVbVr-: 'friend; scholar' 1, 'charmer, exorcist' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḥVbVr-
Meaning'friend; scholar' 1, 'charmer, exorcist' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Aramaicḥbr 1 (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 346)Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 346; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥbrgloss withheld
Geezḫabara 'connected' 1Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥbr
Punicḥbr 1 (T 97); ḥbry 2 (T 97)T 97; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥbrgloss withheld
Ugariticḥbr 1; ḥbr 2 (DULAT 348)DULAT 348; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥbrgloss withheld
Akkadianibru 1 (CAD I/J 5)CAD I/J 5gloss withheld
Hebrewḥāḇar, ḥāḇer 1 (LGz. 256); ḥbr (qal) 1 (HALOT 287)LGz. 256; HALOT 287gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicḥabbar (ʿam) 1 (LGz. 256)LGz. 256gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaichbr 1 (LGz. 257)LGz. 257
Judaic Aramaicḥabrūtā 1 (HALOT 288); ḥabraʾ 1 (T 97)HALOT 288; T 97gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicḥabar 1 (T 97)T 97
Arabicḥabr, ḥibr 'a learned man (of the Jews)' 1 (Lane 498)Lane 498
Emarḫi-bi-ri /ḥibbīru/ 1 (Pentiuc 2001, 65)Pentiuc 2001 65gloss withheld
EblaiticNÌ.ŠUBUR = u₉-ba-ra-du-um /Hubārat/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 211)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 211gloss withheld
CanaaniteEg.-Syll. ḫ=bi₄=—r, ḫa=bi=ra /*ḫābira/ 1 (Hoch 240); ḥōbir 1: name DUMU-ḫu-bi-ri (Taanach) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 210)Hoch 240; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 210gloss withheld
Amorite/H-b-r/ 1: ḫu-bu-ur (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 210)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 210gloss withheld

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Notes

DULAT 348 sets Arab. ḥabr, ḥibr 'a righteous man' beside Ug. ḥbr (I) 'companion'.

Updated 4 November 2026

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