Wiki/Kaphtor Semitic Roots/ṣ*ṣVbVġ-: 'to dip, dye' Root FieldValueReconstruction*ṣVbVġ-Meaning'to dip, dye'Basisproject Reflexes LanguageFormSourcesNoteArabicṣabaġa 'to dye, tinge' (BK 1, 1307)BK 1, 1307Akkadianṣabû (ṣapû) (CAD Ṣ 45; AHw 1082); ṣabû (CAD Ṣ 45); ṣābû (CAD Ṣ 55)CAD Ṣ 45; AHw 1082; CAD Ṣ 55gloss withheldHebrewṣābaʕ (HALOT 998)HALOT 998gloss withheldSyrian Aramaicṣbaʕ 'dip, moisten, dye' (Payne Smith 472)Payne Smith 472Geezṣabḫa 'dip'Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṣbġTigreṣäbḥa (LGz. 546)LGz. 546gloss withheldTigrinyaṣäbḥe (LGz. 546)LGz. 546gloss withheldJudaic Aramaicṣbʕ (HALOT 998)HALOT 998Mandaic Aramaicṣba (HALOT 998)HALOT 998Soqotriṣbʿ (LGz. 546)LGz. 546Biblical Aramaicṣbʿ pa.; hitpa. (HALOT 998)HALOT 998gloss withheld A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.Updated 22 October 2026Linked from 1 pageṣ