# \*ḫrb: 'carob (tree and pods)'

> Proto-Semitic *ḫrb, 'carob (tree and pods)': 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>) › [ḫ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/kha/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-27.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḫrb |
| Meaning | 'carob (tree and pods)' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | ḫarūbu, ḫarūpu (CAD Ḫ 120) | CAD Ḫ 120 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ḥarūbā 'carob tree; its pods' (Payne Smith 156) | Payne Smith 156 |  |
| Arabic | ḫarrūb, ḫurnūb 'a kind of tree, growing upon the mountains of Syria'; 'the carob, or locust-tree' (Lane 716–717) | Lane 716–717 |  |
| Hebrew | ḥrwbym (DNWSI 403) | DNWSI 403 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Brock. 254–255 sets Syriac ḥarūbā beside Mishnaic Hebrew ḥrwb, Arabic ḫarnūb and Akkadian ḫarūbu. CAD Ḫ 121: the Mesopotamian ḫarūbu is the fruit of the ašāgu 'camel-thorn', the true carob being unknown in Iraq; Lane 716 likewise has a wild, thorny kind (yanbūtat) beside the Syrian kind, the carob. Not K0781 \*ḫVrVb- 'dry, dry up', 2204 \*ḫVrVp- 'young sheep', nor 3191 \*ḫVrp- 'autumn'.

## Linked from

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

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