# \*rbd: 'to cover, spread (a bed), lay in layers'

> Proto-Semitic *rbd, 'to cover, spread (a bed), lay in layers': reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*rbd |
| Meaning | 'to cover, spread (a bed), lay in layers' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenician | rbd (DNWSI 1052) | DNWSI 1052 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | räbäd (Jastrow 1455 apud SEDonline 281); rbd (HALOT 1176 apud SEDonline 280); marḇaddīm (HALOT 631 apud SEDonline 280) | Jastrow 1455; SEDonline 281; HALOT 1176; SEDonline 280; HALOT 631 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | rabīd- (Lane 1010 apud SEDonline 281) | Lane 1010; SEDonline 281 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | mrbd (DULAT 565–566; SEDonline 280); rbd (DULAT 720; SEDonline 280) | DULAT 565–566; SEDonline 280; DULAT 720 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | EA ma-ar-˹ba˺-d\[u\] (EA 120: 21; Rainey 1978: 81 apud SEDonline 280) | SEDonline 280 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | N.Pu. rbd (T 300–301) | T 300–301 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

PCS \*rbd 'to cover, to put in layers' (Kogan 2015: 304 apud SEDonline 281); PC \*rbd 'to prepare, to cover a bed' (SEDonline 280). Hbr. räbäd 'mosaic pavement' is post-Biblical. Cf. 794 \*rubd-.

## Linked from

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

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