# \*kVḏVb-: 'deceive'

> Proto-Semitic *kVḏVb-, 'deceive': reflexes in 7 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>) › [K](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/k/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*kVḏVb- |
| Meaning | 'deceive' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | kaḏaba 'lie' (Lane 2597); kāḏib, kaḏḏāb, kaḏūb 'lying; a liar; … a great, or habitual, liar' (Lane 2600) | Lane 2597; Lane 2600 |  |
| Aramaic | KDB 'lie' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root kḏb |  |
| Hebrew | kazab 'lie' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root kḏb |  |
| Amorite | kdb (Huffmon APNM 221); kuḏub (Buck 2019, 328) | Huffmon APNM 221; Buck 2019, 328 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | EA kazābu, kazbūtu, ki-zi-ib-tu (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 32, fn. 549); kazābu (CAD K 309) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 32, fn. 549; CAD K 309 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | kdb (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 32); kaddāb; kaddābūtā (Payne Smith 205) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 32; Payne Smith 205 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | kidbā (HALOT BArm. s.v. כִּדְבָה) | HALOT BArm. s.v. כִּדְבָה | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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