*rbw: 'to grow, increase; to rear'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*rbw
Meaning'to grow, increase; to rear'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Epigraphic South ArabianSab yrbwn (Biella 476)Biella 476gloss withheld
Akkadianrabû A (CAD R 37)CAD R 37gloss withheld
Hebrewrābâ; pi. (HALOT 1176); rbyh (DNWSI 1054)HALOT 1176; DNWSI 1054gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicrǝbā (HALOT 1176)HALOT 1176gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicrbā 'grow, increase; bring up' (Payne Smith 525)Payne Smith 525
Arabicrabā 'it increased'; 'he grew up'; rabbaytuhu 'I reared him, fostered him, or brought him up' (Lane 1023)Lane 1023
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic rbb, yrbb (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 114); mrby (Al-Jallad 2026, 120)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 114; Al-Jallad 2026 120gloss withheld
Emartar-bi-ia-ti /tarbīyātu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 179)Pentiuc 2001 179gloss withheld
PunicNeo-Punic trbt šqlt (Krahmalkov 498)Krahmalkov 498gloss withheld
Ugaritictrbyt (DULAT 864)DULAT 864gloss withheld
Aramaicrby (DNWSI 1052); rbʔ (DNWSI 1051); rby (DNWSI 1054)DNWSI 1052; DNWSI 1051; DNWSI 1054gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 1176 sets Hebrew rbh with JArm. rǝbā, Akkadian rabû and Arabic rabā (rbw). Akkadian rabû also carries 2477 *rabb- 'big'. The noun 'foster father' is 3617.

Updated 26 October 2026

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