*la/ibin(-t)-: 'brick'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*la/ibin(-t)-
Meaning'brick'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianlibittu (CAD L 176); EA labittu (DULAT 487)CAD L 176; DULAT 487gloss withheld
Eblaiticli-ba-tum, li-bí-tum (VE 146 apud DULAT 487), /libattum/, /libittum/ (Krebernik 1983, 6)VE 146; DULAT 487; Krebernik 1983, 6gloss withheld
Ugariticlbnt (DULAT 487)DULAT 487gloss withheld
Canaanitelabinat (EA; HALOT 518)HALOT 518
Hebrewlᵉbēnā (HALOT 518)HALOT 518gloss withheld
AramaicEgArm. lbnh (HALOT 518)HALOT 518
Syrian Aramaiclᵉbentā, lᵉbettā (HALOT 518)HALOT 518
Epigraphic South Arabianlbn, lbt (HALOT 518); lbt (Sabaweb lemma 4501)HALOT 518; Sabaweb lemma 4501gloss withheld
Arabiclabin, labnat (Hava 676 apud DULAT 487)Hava 676; DULAT 487gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 518 takes Heb. lᵉbēnā from Akk. libittu (Zimmern) or from Proto-Semitic *la/ibint; Eth. lebn (Leslau 28), '< Arb. labinat ?'; > Greek πλίνθος. II lbn 'to make bricks' is denominative (HALOT 517; Akk. labānu, Arb. labbana). Not 1114 *lVban- 'white'.

Updated 24 October 2026

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