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PWS
*whb - to give
(Kogan 2015:398)
Reflexes of PWS *whb (DRS 508) function as the main verbs with the meaning “to give” in Aramaic and most of EthS (v. CDG 609 and further remarks in Kogan 2015:70; 442).
Words
Hebrew
hab
- (imp.) give
(HALOT 236)
only the imperative hab (mostly hābā) is attested, more or less exactly parallel to Soq.
hábə
‘donne!’
Samalian
yhb
- to give
(DNWSI 442)
Deir Alla
yhb
- to give
(DNWSI 442)
Old Aramaic
yhb
- to give
(DNWSI 442)
Biblical Aramaic
yhb
- to give
(HALOT 1889)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
yhb
- to give
(DJPA 235)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
yhb
- to give
(DJBA 526)
Syriac
yhb
- to give
(LSyr. 298, SL 565)
only unprefixed forms (Pf., Pt., Imv.)
Mandaic
yhb
- to give
(MD 189)
Mlaḥso
yhv
- geben (to give)
(Jastrow 1994:165)
ove (Infect.) - hivle (Pret.)
Turoyo
ˀb
- I. geben (to give)
(JL 175)
Arabic
whb
- to grant; to give as a free gift, disinterestedly
(Lane 2968)
Not the main term for giving in Arb.
Cf. hibat- ‘gift, present, donation, grant’ (Lane 2969).
Sabaic
whb
- to give, to grant
(SD 158)
Minaean
whb
- donner (to give)
(LM 103)
Qatabanian
whb
- to give, grant
(LIQ 49)
Geez
wahaba
- to give, to grant
(CDG 609)
Tigre
habä
- to give
(WTS 14)
Tigrinya
habä
- to give
(TED 23)
Argobba
hawa
- to give
(Leslau 1997: 207)
Selti
wābä
- to give
(EDG 641)
Zway
wābä
- to give
(EDG 641)
Chaha
abä
- to give
(EDG 641)
Ezha
abä
- to give
(EDG 641)
Muher
abä
- to give
(EDG 641)
Masqan
abä
- to give
(EDG 641)
Gogot
abä
- to give
(EDG 641)
Soddo
abä
- to give
(EDG 641)
Soqotri
hábe
- 1. give!; 2. let!
(
LS
140;
CSOL I
550;
CSOL II
470)