*nVbVʾ-: 'call' 1, 'speak' 2, 'nominate' 3

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*nVbVʾ-
Meaning'call' 1, 'speak' 2, 'nominate' 3
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 603

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Soqotrinbʔ 3; énbe (SLOnline 7727)SLOnline 7727gloss withheld
Akkadiannabû 1
Geeznbb 2; yənabbu, Gt tanabba (OLA80 §44.11)OLA80 §44.11gloss withheld
Jibbalienbe 3
Hebrewnbʔ 2; nif. nibbāʾ, hitp. hitnabbēʾ 2 (HALOT 659)HALOT 659gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabiannbʔ 2; tnbʔ (SD 90) (Biella 289) (Sabaweb lemma 2010); Sab nbt 2 (Biella 290)SD 90; Biella 289; Sabaweb lemma 2010; Biella 290gloss withheld
Amoritenbʾ: janbiʾ, jabbiʾ, janabbiʾ, nabīʾum (Gelb AS 21, 26)Gelb AS 21 26gloss withheld
Eblaiticna-ba-um, na⟨-ba-⟩ù-um /nabāʔum/ (VE 725; Krebernik 1983, 28); /n-b-ʾ/,: names i-bí-ù/um, i-bí-a-du, i-bí-da-mu, i-bí-da-si-in, i-bí-iš-lu, i-bí-ni-ḪAR, i-bí-ni-ki-mu, i-bí-SÙ, i-bí-zi-kir, i-bí-zi-mu; with infixed /-ta-/: en-da-bí (Krebernik 1988, 49, 58)VE 725; Krebernik 1983, 28; Krebernik 1988, 49, 58gloss withheld
Emarlu-ú-na-ab-bi /lunabbi/, tu-na-ab-bi /tunabbi/ (Pentiuc 2001, 111–112)Pentiuc 2001 111–112gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 659 takes Hebrew nbʔ (nif., hitp. 'to prophesy') and Syriac pa. nabbī as denominatives of nābîʾ 'prophet' (2722).

Updated 22 October 2026

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