# \*ṭVbaʕ-: 'put a seal'

> Proto-Semitic *ṭVbaʕ-, 'put a seal': reflexes in 4 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṭVbaʕ- |
| Meaning | 'put a seal' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1509 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ṭbʕ \[-a-\] (Lane 1823) | Lane 1823 |  |
| Aramaic | ṬBʿ (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 420 apud CAL) | Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 420; CAL; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṭbʿ | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ṭbaʕ 'imprint, seal, coin' (Payne Smith 166) | Payne Smith 166 |  |
| Phoenician | ṭbʿ (T 119) | T 119 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Phoenician ṭbʿt 'stamped seal' (Krahmalkov 201; T 119) is the ring noun ṭabbaʿat, an Egyptian loan (HALOT 369, &lt; ḏbʿt); HALOT 369–370 takes Aramaic and Arabic 'to seal, coin' as denominative from it and keeps ṭbʿ 'to sink' (Akk. ṭebû) apart.

## Linked from

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

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