ʔb / Semitic roots
ʔb
Common Semitic noun *ʔab-, father.
1. Abraham, from Hebrew ʔabrāhām, the (divine) father is exalted, from ʔab, reduced form of ʔāb, father.
2. Job, from Hebrew ʔiyyôb, perhaps from an early Northwest Semitic dialectal name meaning "where is the father?", from ʔôb, father, of dialectal origin, akin to Hebrew ʔāb, father. (Alternatively, ʔiyyôb may be akin to Hebrew ʔōyēb, enemy; see ʔyb ).
3.
a. Joab, from Hebrew yôʔāb, Yahweh (is) father (yô, Yahweh; see hwy );;
b. Ahab, from Hebrew ʔaḥʔāb, father's brother (ʔaḥ, brother; see ʔḫ ). Both a and b from ʔāb, father..
4.
a. Abigail, from Hebrew ʔăbîgayil, my father (is) joy (see gyl );;
b. Absalom, from Hebrew ʔabšālōm, short for ʔăbîšālōm, my father (is) peace (šālōm, peace; see šlm ). Both a and b from Hebrew ʔăbî, shortened form of ʔābî, my father, from ʔāb, father..
5.
a. baobab, from North African Arabic būḥibāb, tree of many seeds;;
b. borage, probably from Arabic būʕaraq, from ʔabūʕaraq, father of sweat;;
c. bwana, from Arabic ʔabūnā, our father;;
d. pataca, from Arabic ʔabūṭāqa, "father of the window" a type of coin. a-e all from Arabic ʔabū, bound form of ʔab, father, source..
6.
a. abba, abbacy, abbatial, abbé, abbess, abbey, abbot, from Aramaic ʔabbā, the father, my father, from ʔab, father;;
b. Barabbas, from Aramaic bar-ʔabbā, son of the father (see bn ).
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