𐩪𐩨𐩺

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Sabaean

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Etymology

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Cognate to Arabic سَبَى (sabā), سَبْي (saby).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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𐩪𐩨𐩺 (s¹by /šabaya/)

  1. to take captive, to captivate

Noun

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𐩪𐩨𐩺 (s¹by /šabyum/) (plural 𐩱𐩪𐩨𐩺 (ʾs¹by /ʾašbāyum/))

  1. verbal noun of 𐩪𐩨𐩺 (s¹by, to take captive)
  2. captives
    • second half of 1st century BCE, Ir 20[1]:
      𐩥𐩱𐩩𐩥𐩥 𐩽 𐩨𐩱𐩢𐩡𐩡𐩣 𐩽 𐩥𐩪𐩨𐩺𐩣 𐩽 𐩥𐩶𐩬𐩣𐩣 […] 𐩽 𐩨𐩬 𐩽 𐩱𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩬
      wʾtww bʾḥllm ws¹bym wġnmm […] bn ʾḥbs²n
      /*wa ʾatawū ba-ʾaḥlālim wa-šabyim wa-ġunmim ban ʾaḥbūśāni/
      And they came with spoils and captives and booty [taken] from the Abyssinians […]