*rḥb: 'open place, plaza'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*rḥb
Meaning'open place, plaza'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewrǝḥōb (HALOT 1212)HALOT 1212gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicrǝḥôbā (HALOT 1212)HALOT 1212gloss withheld
Arabicraḥabat, raḥbat 'court, open area, spacious vacant part' (Lane 1051)Lane 1051
Epigraphic South ArabianSab rḥbt (Biella 485)Biella 485gloss withheld
Amoriteraḥāb: cf. a-na-ra-a-bu, ba-al-ku-úš-ra-ḫa-ab (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 158)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 158gloss withheld
Ugariticrḥbn /raḥbānu/ (UVST 178–179)UVST 178–179gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic rḥbt, rḥbh (Al-Jallad 2026, 122)Al-Jallad 2026 122gloss withheld

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Notes

Noun of 880 *ra/uḥa/ub 'be wide'. HALOT 1212 compares Akkadian rebītu 'rectangle, plaza, underbelly' (AHw. 964b); CAD R 317 has ribītu A 'street, main street, thoroughfare', with no sense 'square'; cf. 2001. Biella 485 compares Sab rḥbt with Arabic raḥba 'wide place, open country, plain'.

Updated 26 October 2026

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