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*šVpp- - kind of snake, worm, insect larvae
(SED II No. 207)
Phonetically and semantically close forms with -b- are united into a separate root *šibb- ‘kind of snake, worm’, SED II No. 200.
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Hebrew
šəpīpōn
- horned viper
(HALOT 1628)
HapLeg in Gn 49.17. pB. ‘a species of serpents, adder’ (Jastrow 1616)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
špypwn
- serpent
(DJPA 563)
Likely a Hebraism
Syriac
šappāpā
- serpent; field cricket; creeping animal; crawling locust
(LSyr. 793, SL 1592)
Arabic
siff-
- serpent; kind of snake with black and white spots
(BK 1 1096, Lane 1368, LA IX 154)
Var. suff-
Tigre
səf
- millepede
(WTS 200)