ḏbb / Semitic roots

ḏbb

Common Semitic noun *ḏibb-, *ḏubāb-, *ḏubūb-, fly.

Beelzebub, from Hebrew baʕal zəbûb, lord (of the) fly, from zəbûb, fly (pejorative alteration of baʕal zəbûl, lord prince, name of a Philistine god; see bʕl and zbl).

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