Number: 2433
Proto-Semitic: *ɣVrVb-
Meaning: crow, raven
Akkadian: āribu (ēribu, ḫērebu) 'crow, raven' OB on [CAD a2 265], [AHw. 68]. One of the earliest attestations is the form ḫe-re-e-bu in the OB lexical list Proto-Diri 549 (peculiar because of ḫ < *ɣ). Note that the plene-spelling of the second syllable is hardly sufficient to postulate erēbu as the basic form of this lexeme as suggested in [Salonen Vögel 129] (which would be difficult to reconcile with both the comparative evidence and the Ebl. data quoted below).
Eblaitic: ḫa-ri-bù̀, [ḫ]a-ri-bù-um, g[a-r]í-bù = UGA.MUS̆EN [MEE 4 295] (/ɣāribum/ 'corvo' [Conti 114], cf. [Kreb. 13]).
Hebrew: ʕōrēb 'raven' [KB 879], pB. [Ja. 1058].
Aramaic: Sam. ʕrb 'raven' [Tal 661].
Judaic Aramaic: ʕurbā, ʕorbā, ʕōrǝbā 'raven, crow' [Ja. 1058], ʕōrabtā 'she-raven' [ibid.], [Levy WTM III 694-5].
Syrian Aramaic: ʕūrǝbā 'corvus' [Brock. 546], [PS 2980].
Mandaic Aramaic: ʕurba 'crow' [DM 346], arbana 'perh. crow (?)' [ibid. 36].
Arabic: ɣurāb- 'corbeau (tout noir); corneille' [BK 2 451], [LA I 645].
Mehri: yǝɣǝráyb 'raven' [JM 140, 461].
Jibbali: ʔaɣǝréb 'raven, crow' [JJ 2].
Harsusi: yeɣereb 'raven' [JH 45].
Soqotri: ʔáʕreb 'crow' [Nakano 118] (aʕreb 'Egyptian vulture' according to [JH 45]).
Notes: Comparison of this root to Eth. forms like Amh. ḳura (alle- gedly < *ḳurab) suggested in [Leslau Contributions 40] cannot be accepted. [Fron. 295]: *ɣārib- 'corvo' (Mhr., Arb., Syr., Hbr., Akk.); [KB 879]: Hbr., Arm., Arb., Gez. (ḳura), Akk.; [Firmage 1155]: Akk., Hbr., Arm., Arb.
