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Root k-b-r

Hebrew ↔ Old South Arabian

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —k-b-r↔ 𐩫-𐩨-𐩧. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Hebrew

he
root: k-b-r
  • כָּבַרkavárverb📜 2Sam.22.21
    to sift
  • כְּבָרָהk'varánoun• m. Bei. 2:9
    a sieve
  • כְּבָרkváradv📜 2Sam.22.21
    Already: before now, or before then.
  • כְּבָרk'várname📜 2Sam.22.21
    A particular river in Mesopotamia.

Old South Arabian

osa
root: 𐩫-𐩨-𐩧
  • 𐩫𐩨𐩧noun
    great one (epithet and perhaps a title)
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Canonical root family: k-b-r