# \*rḥb: 'open place, plaza'

> Proto-Semitic *rḥb, 'open place, plaza': reflexes in 7 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*rḥb |
| Meaning | 'open place, plaza' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | rǝḥōb (HALOT 1212) | HALOT 1212 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | rǝḥôbā (HALOT 1212) | HALOT 1212 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | raḥabat, raḥbat 'court, open area, spacious vacant part' (Lane 1051) | Lane 1051 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab rḥbt (Biella 485) | Biella 485 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | raḥāb: cf. a-na-ra-a-bu, ba-al-ku-úš-ra-ḫa-ab (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 158) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 158 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | rḥbn /raḥbānu/ (UVST 178–179) | UVST 178–179 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic rḥbt, rḥbh (Al-Jallad 2026, 122) | Al-Jallad 2026 122 | gloss 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'.

## Linked from

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

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