*zbd: 'gift'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*zbd
Meaning	'gift'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	zabd 'a gift' (Lane 1209)	Lane 1209
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab zbd (Biella 157)	Biella 157	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	zebdā (HALOT 260)	HALOT 260	gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 260 calls Hebrew zbd 'to endow' an Aramaic loanword; zebed 'gift' is its noun. SD 170 prints ZBD II 'gift' as ?n.p.?. Not SA127 *zbd 'raid, maraud'. The verb is Arabic zabadahu 'he gave him a gift' (Lane 1209, tropical, from zabadahu 'he fed him with fresh butter') and Syriac zbad 'to endow, give a dowry' (Payne Smith 109); HALOT 260 sets Arabic zabada 'to bestow upon' beside JArm. and Syriac zbd.

Updated 25 October 2026

*zbd: 'gift'

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