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*ṭyb/ṭwb - (to be) good
(Kogan 2015:231, note 684)
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Akkadian
ṭābu
- good, sweet, fresh, aromatic, benevolent
(CAD Ṭ 19, AHw. 1377)
Ebla
da-bù
- good
(VE 62, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 681)
Ugaritic
ṭb
- good
(DUL 887, Rabin 1975: 88, Militarev 2004: 317)
Hebrew
ṭōb
- good; merry; pleasant; in order, usable
(HALOT 370)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ṭāb
- good
(DJBA 492)
Syriac
ṭāb
- good; valuable, precious; cost, worth
(LSyr. 269, SL 507)
Mandaic
ṭab
- good
(MD 172)
Turoyo
ṭowo, ṭawwo
- gut (good)
(RW 536)
Arabic
ṭayyib-
- pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet
(Lane 1902)
Sabaic
h-ṭb
- to be well-disposed
(SD 154)
Minaean
ṭyb
- bon, précieux (good, precious)
(LM 100)
Tigre
ṭayəb
- good
(WTS 620)
Word of Arabic origin.
Mehri
ṭəyūb
- to enjoy
(ML 413)
Kogan 2015:229, note 674: “almost certainly borrowed from Arabic”.
Jibbali
ṭɛ̄b
- to enjoy
(JL 282)
Kogan 2015:229, note 674: “almost certainly borrowed from Arabic”.