# \*nVbVʾ-: 'call' 1, 'speak' 2, 'nominate' 3 > Proto-Semitic *nVbVʾ-, 'call' 1, 'speak' 2, 'nominate' 3: reflexes in 9 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [N](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*nVbVʾ- | | Meaning | 'call' 1, 'speak' 2, 'nominate' 3 | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 603 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Soqotri | nbʔ 3; énbe (SLOnline 7727) | SLOnline 7727 | gloss withheld | | Akkadian | nabû 1 | | | | Geez | nbb 2; yənabbu, Gt tanabba (OLA80 §44.11) | OLA80 §44.11 | gloss withheld | | Jibbali | enbe 3 | | | | Hebrew | nbʔ 2; nif. nibbāʾ, hitp. hitnabbēʾ 2 (HALOT 659) | HALOT 659 | gloss withheld | | Epigraphic South Arabian | nbʔ 2; tnbʔ (SD 90) (Biella 289) (Sabaweb lemma 2010); Sab nbt 2 (Biella 290) | SD 90; Biella 289; Sabaweb lemma 2010; Biella 290 | gloss withheld | | Amorite | nbʾ: janbiʾ, jabbiʾ, janabbiʾ, nabīʾum (Gelb AS 21, 26) | Gelb AS 21 26 | gloss withheld | | Eblaitic | na-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, 58 | gloss withheld | | Emar | lu-ú-na-ab-bi /lunabbi/, tu-na-ab-bi /tunabbi/ (Pentiuc 2001, 111–112) | Pentiuc 2001 111–112 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes HALOT 659 takes Hebrew nbʔ (nif., hitp. 'to prophesy') and Syriac pa. nabbī as denominatives of nābîʾ 'prophet' (2722). ## Linked from - [N]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/622_call_1_speak_2_nominate_3/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.