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PCS
*ribab-at-/ribb-at-, *ribw-at- - ten thousand, myriad
(Kogan 2015: 197)
Words
Ebla
rí-PAP
- ten thousand
(Krebernik 1996:246)
Ugaritic
rbt
- ten thousand, myriad
(DUL 730)
pl. rbt, rbbt
Hebrew
rəbābā
- a very great quantity, immense number
(HALOT 1175)
Hebrew
ribbō(ˀ)
- many, ten thousand
(HALOT 1178)
Syriac
rebbu
- ten thousand
(LSyr. 707, SL 1426)
Arabic
ribbiyy-, rabbiyy-, rubbiyy-
- ten thousand
(Lane 1006)
Arabic
rabw-, rubwat-, ribwat-, rubat-
- ten thousand
(Lane 1023)
Geez
ˀarbāb
- myriads; name of a body of angels
(LLA 287, CDG 36)
a borrowing from Arabic
Geez
rabbawāt
- myriads
(LLA 287, CDG 462)
a borrowing from Arabic