# \*sḥb: 'drag, pull (\> cloud)'

> Proto-Semitic *sḥb, 'drag, pull (> cloud)': reflexes in 19 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [S](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/s/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*sḥb |
| Meaning | 'drag, pull (&gt; cloud)' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3120 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | sḥb 'to drag along the ground' (BK 1 1057, cf. saḥāb- 'cloud (especially when pushed by the wind it is in motion)' (ibid.)) | BK 1 1057, cf. saḥāb- 'cloud (especially when pushed by the wind it is in motion)' (ibid.) |  |
| Soqotri | sḥob (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56 |  |
| Tigre | säḥaba |  |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | sḥb |  |  |
| Geez | saḥaba (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56 |  |
| Gurage | sabä |  |  |
| Phoenician | sḥb |  |  |
| Hebrew | sḥb (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56 |  |
| Amharic | sabä |  |  |
| Harari | (?) zēḥaba |  |  |
| Gafat | sabä |  |  |
| Argobba | säḥaba |  |  |
| Tigrinya | säḥabä |  |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab s₃ḥb (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56; Sabaweb lemma 5142) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56; Sabaweb lemma 5142 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | sḥab (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56 |  |
| Mehri | səḥāb (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 56 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | sa-ʔà-bu /S-ḥ-b/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 191) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 191 | gloss withheld |
| Moabite | sḥb (T 226) | T 226 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | sḥb (Krahmalkov 341) | Krahmalkov 341 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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