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Root ṣ-b-ʿ

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Hebrew

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ṣ-b-ʿ↔ ṣ-b-ʿ. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: ṣ-b-ʿ
  • צְבַעṣəbaʿverb• tg. Onk. Gen 49:11
    to dip
  • צבעאnoun
    finger, toe, digit
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Hebrew

he
root: ṣ-b-ʿ
  • הִצְבִּיעַhitsbíaverb
    to point at (using one's finger)
  • אֶצְבָּעוֹןetsba'ónnoun
    thimble
  • צְבִיעוּתts'vi'útnoun
    hypocrisy (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
  • צִבְעוֹנִיtsiv'oníadj
    colorful
  • צִבְעוֹנִיtsiv'onínoun
    tulip
  • צֶבַעtséva'nounT Judg.5.30
    color, colour
  • צַבָּעtsabá'nounT Judg.5.30
    a (male) painter.
  • צָבַעtsavá'verbT Judg.5.30
    painted; (he) colored, (he) dyed
Canonical root family: ṣ-b-ʿ