# \*slb: 'to take away by force, strip off, plunder'

> Proto-Semitic *slb, 'to take away by force, strip off, plunder': reflexes in 4 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*slb |
| Meaning | 'to take away by force, strip off, plunder' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | salaba 'he seized it, carried it off, by force; he spoiled him, despoiled him, plundered him' (Lane 1398); salab 'spoil, plunder, booty; what is seized, or carried off, by force' (Lane 1399) | Lane 1398; Lane 1399 |  |
| Geez | salaba; salabā (LGz. 498) | LGz. 498 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | slb (LGz. 498) | LGz. 498 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ślbt (Biella 506) | Biella 506 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Leslau sets Hebrew šālap 'draw out', Syriac šəlap, Mandaic šlp and Akkadian šalāpu 'pull out' beside it with b:p alternation (LGz. 498). Sabaic s3lb 'draw water improperly' (SD 138) is another sense. Not 3091 \*slb 'to wait'.

## Linked from

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

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