אצבע

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Root
צ־ב־ע(ṣ-b-ʿ)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ-. Compare Arabic إِصْبَع(ʔiṣbaʕ), Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא(ʾeṣbəʿā), Classical Syriac ܨܒܥܐ(ṣeḇʿā), Tigrinya ኣጻብዕ (ʾaṣabʿ), Coptic ⲧⲏⲃ (tēb), Ugaritic 𐎜𐎕𐎁𐎓 (ủṣbʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.

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אֶצְבַּע ('etsbá' / 'étsba'f (plural indefinite אֶצְבָּעוֹת‎, singular construct אֶצְבַּע־, plural construct אֶצְבְּעוֹת־‎)

  1. (anatomy) finger

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