*ˁa/urub- - kind of vermin, worm (SED II No. 36, Holma 1915: 91)

Akkadian

urbatu - (a worm) (CAD U–W 212, AHw. 1428)

Var. rubatu.

Hebrew

ˁārōb - vermin in general, pests, noxious insects(?); a particular type of fly, esp. a horse-fly(?) (HALOT 879)

Jewish Palestinian Aramaic

ˁrbrwb - vermin; mixed multitude (DJPA 418)

Syriac

ˁarrūbā - culices (LSyr. 546, SL 1136)

Rendered as ‘miscella copia, colluvies’ in PS 2984.