*slʾ: 'to pay; tribute'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*slʾ
Meaning	'to pay; tribute'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	salaʾa 'he paid him (a hundred dirhems) in ready money' (Lane 1398)	Lane 1398
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab s3lʾ; s3lʾ (Biella 505); s3lʾ (SD 138)	Biella 505; SD 138	gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 756 sets Hebrew slʾ pu. 'paid (with fine gold)' (Lam 4:2, a reading it queries) beside Arabic salaʾa and Sab s3lʾ 'to pay'; Biella 505 compares Hebrew slʾ 'be weighed'. Sab s3lʾn is the tribute-paying class (Biella 506; SD 138, with ?).

Updated 26 October 2026

*slʾ: 'to pay; tribute'

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