# \*rbʕ: 'lie down'

> Proto-Semitic *rbʕ, 'lie down': reflexes in 13 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*rbʕ |
| Meaning | 'lie down' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 80 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab mrbḍn (Biella 478) | Biella 478 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | Wol. rebate |  |  |
| Hebrew | rbʕ; rābaṣ (BDB 918; HALOT 1181) | BDB 918; HALOT 1181 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | rbʿ (HALOT 1180; DJPA 514b apud CAL) | HALOT 1180; DJPA 514b; CAL |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | RBA (HALOT 1180; Payne Smith 526) | HALOT 1180; Payne Smith 526 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | RBA (HALOT 1180; MD 422) | HALOT 1180; MD 422 |  |
| Akkadian | rabāṣu (CAD R 10); rabṣu (CAD R 26) | CAD R 10; CAD R 26; Anderson–Moser 2024 root rbḍ | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | rabaḍa 'lay' (Lane 1011) | Lane 1011; Anderson–Moser 2024 root rbḍ |  |
| Ugaritic | rbṣ (DULAT 720; SEDonline 315) | DULAT 720; SEDonline 315; Anderson–Moser 2024 root rbḍ | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | rebōẑ (HL 102 apud SEDonline 315) | HL 102; SEDonline 315 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | rɔ̄ẓ̂ (SEDonline 315) | SEDonline 315 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | rəbūẑ (ML 314 apud SEDonline 315) | ML 314; SEDonline 315 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | mar-bí-zu /marbiṣ́/ (= Sum. KI.NÁ) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 154) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 154 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

SEDonline 315 sets Aramaic rbʕ under PS \*rbṣ̂ 'to lie down, to rest (mostly of animals)' with Akkadian rabāṣu, Hebrew rbṣ and Arabic rbḍ; HALOT 1180 likewise takes Aramaic rbʿ as the reflex of the root of Hebrew rbṣ and Arabic rabaḍa (Kaufman 1974, 107 n. 381), and Hebrew rbʿ as an Aramaic loanword (Wagner 276). Arabic rabbaʕa 'to quadruple' and tarabbaʕa 'to sit cross-legged' belong to 2913 \*ʾarbaʕ- 'four' (OLA80 §35.34 derives them from the numeral). Biella 478 compares Arabic marbiḍ 'sheepfold'.

## Linked from

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

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