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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).
Reconstruction
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).