# \*tVbaʕ-: 'rise, set out; follow'

> Proto-Semitic *tVbaʕ-, 'rise, set out; follow': reflexes in 7 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*tVbaʕ- |
| Meaning | 'rise, set out; follow' |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1494 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | tebû (CAD T 306, AHw. 1342 apud SEDonline 2077) | CAD T 306, AHw. 1342; SEDonline 2077 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | tbˁ (DULAT 844–845; SEDonline 2077) | DULAT 844–845; SEDonline 2077 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | tbʕ \[-a-\] 'to follow; to go, walk behind' (Lane 293) | Lane 293 |  |
| Mehri | tōba |  |  |
| Harsusi | tōba |  |  |
| Jibbali | teʕ |  |  |
| Eblaitic | /t-b-ʕ/: i-da-ba-am₆ /yitbaʕ=am/, i-da-ba-ma /yitabbaʕ=ma/, a-da-ba-gú-ma-a /la=yitabbaʕ=kum=ay(n)/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 291); ti-ib-ù-ma, dib-ù /tibʕ/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 291) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 291 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PS \*tbˁ 'to set out, to depart' (Kogan 2015, 342 apud SEDonline 2077). DULAT 844–845 sets Arab. tabiʕa 'to follow' and Akk. tebû 'to set out' beside Ug. tbʕ. PB Heb. tbʿ means 'to search; to ask, claim, summon' (Jastrow 1645).

## Linked from

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

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