# \*libb-: 'heart'

> Proto-Semitic *libb-, 'heart': reflexes in 27 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>) › [L](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/l/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*libb- |
| Meaning | 'heart' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2142 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | lubb- 'heart, middle, kernel, seed' \[BK 2 955\] | BK 2 955 |  |
| Mehri | ḥǝ-wbēb \[JM 250\] | JM 250 |  |
| Soqotri | ʔílbib \[LS 61\], \[SSL LS 1465\]. | LS 61; SSL LS 1465 |  |
| Akkadian | libbu OA on \[CAD l 164\], \[AHw 549\] | CAD l 164; AHw 549 |  |
| Harsusi | ḥe-lbēb \[JH 82\] | JH 82 |  |
| Tigre | lǝbb \[LH 39\] | LH 39 |  |
| Eblaitic | li-bù /libbu(m)/ \[Kr 22; Bl E No. 65\] | Kr 22 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | liba, lub, lbab (abs., constr.) \[DM 232, 234\] | DM 232, 234 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | lb \[DULAT 485\] | DULAT 485 |  |
| Geez | lǝbb \[LGz 304\] | LGz 304 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | MUH SOD GOG lǝbb \[LGur 373\] | LGur 373 |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | \*lēb (with suff. libb-), \*lǝbab (with suff. libǝb-) (BDB 1098) | BDB 1098 |  |
| Modern Arabic | SYR libbe |  |  |
| Phoenician | lb \[T 155\] | T 155 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL leppa (suff. lippi) \[Berg 52\] TUR lēbo \[R Ṭūrōyō 116\] HRT lebba \[J Hert 192\] NASS libä \[Tser 0116\] URM libbǝ \[R Urmi 100\] ZAKH lǝbba (lübba) \[R Zakho 108\] MMND leb, emph. lebba \[M MND 505\] GZR líbba \[Nak 78\] AZR libba \[Garb 317\] IRAN \*libbā (c. suff. libbú etc.) \[Pen 97\] | Berg 52; J Hert 192; Tser 0116; M MND 505; Nak 78; Garb 317; Pen 97 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | ubbǝ́tǝ, ɛbbǝ́tǝ \[JJ 159\] | JJ 159 |  |
| Hebrew | lēb (HALOT 513), lēbāb (HALOT 516) | HALOT 513; HALOT 516 |  |
| Amharic | lǝbb \[K 71\] | K 71 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | SAB lb \[SD 81; Sabaweb lemma 1287\]; lbb \[ibid.; Sabaweb lemma 4498\]; MIN lb \[LM 56\] | SD 81; Sabaweb lemma 1287; Sabaweb lemma 4498; LM 56 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | libbā, lǝbābā, libǝbā \[Ja 686\]; lb, det. läbbā, lybh, pl. lbbyn \[DJPA 275a apud CAL\] | Ja 686; DJPA 275a; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | lebbā \[Brock 354\] | Brock 354 |  |
| Aramaic | OFF lb \[HJ 561\] | HJ 561 |  |
| Tigrinya | lǝbbi \[Bass 22\] | Bass 22 |  |
| Egyptian | ỉb (OLA80 §17.2) | OLA80 §17.2 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | ləbb (Leslau 1997:210, AAD 63 apud SEDonline 27) | Leslau 1997:210, AAD 63; SEDonline 27 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | ləb, ləbu, ləbo (Leslau 1945:160 apud SEDonline 27) | Leslau 1945:160; SEDonline 27 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | libb: cf. i-nu-uḫ-li-bi, i-túr-li-ib-bi (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 8) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 8 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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