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Root s-b-ʾ

Old South Arabian ↔ Imperial Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐩪-𐩨-𐩱↔ s-b-ʾ. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Old South Arabian

osa
root: 𐩪-𐩨-𐩱
  • 𐩪𐩨𐩱proper noun
    Saba
  • 𐩪𐩨𐩱𐩺proper noun
    Sabaean

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: s-b-ʾ
  • סָבָאsāḇānoun• tg. Onk. Gen 10:7
    old man, grandfather
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Canonical root family: s-b-ʾ