Number: 235
Proto-Semitic: *d_VbVb-
Meaning: 'fly' (n.)
Hebrew: zǝbūb 'flies' [KB 261], pB. [Ja. 378]. // In Is 7.18 (yiŝrōḳ YHWH lazzǝbūb ʔăšär biḳṣē yǝʔōrē miṣrayim YHWH will whistle at the fly which is on the extremity of the streams of Egypt) and Qoh 10.11 (zǝbūbē māwät 'flies of death'). The well-known combination baʕal zǝbūb is discussed in [KB] (with references to earlier studies).
Aramaic: dībābā 'fly' [Ja. 294], [Levy WTM I 371], 'Fliege, Bremse' [Levy WT I 159].
Syrian Aramaic: dabbābā, debbābā 'musca', dabbābītā 'oestrus' [Brock. 138], [PS 805] (also debbā 'musca').
Arabic: d_ubāb- 'mouche; abeille' [BK 1 762], [Fr. II 79], [Lane 952], [LA I 382].
