*ra/uḥa/ub: 'be wide' 1, 'width' 2

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ra/uḥa/ub
Meaning	'be wide' 1, 'width' 2
Basis	reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SED	SEDonline semet 894

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	rḥb a/u,3,4 (Lane 1051)	Lane 1051
Ugaritic	rḥb /raḥabu/ (Huehnergard 2012, 155)	Huehnergard 2012 155	gloss withheld
Phoenician	rḥb (Krahmalkov 443)	Krahmalkov 443	gloss withheld
Hebrew	rḥb (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 50); rōḥab 2 (HALOT 1212)	Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 50; HALOT 1212	gloss withheld
Geez	rǝḥba (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 50)	Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 50	gloss withheld
Punic	rḥb 'enlarge'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root rḥb
Mandaic Aramaic	RHB (HALOT 1210)	HALOT 1210
Tigre	raḥaba, rĕḥīb (HALOT 1210)	HALOT 1210
Judaic Aramaic	rḥb (HALOT 1211)	HALOT 1211
Aramaic	OArm. rḥbh (HALOT 1211)	HALOT 1211
Epigraphic South Arabian	h-rḥb (LGz. 466); Sab rḥbm 2 (Biella 485)	LGz. 466; Biella 485	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	räḥabä (LGz. 466)	LGz. 466
Amorite	rḥb: jarḥab, raḥabum, raḥibum, ruḥbatum (Gelb AS 21, 30); yarḥib (Buck 2019, 331)	Gelb AS 21 30; Buck 2019, 331	gloss withheld
Soqotri	ráḥab (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 50)	Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 50	gloss withheld

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Notes

The noun 'open place, plaza' is 3598.

Updated 26 October 2026

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