𐩪𐩨𐩺
Sabaean
Etymology
Cognate to Arabic سَبَى (sabā), سَبْي (saby).
Pronunciation
- (verb): IPA(key): [ʃabaya]
- (noun): IPA(key): [ʃabyum]
Verb
𐩪𐩨𐩺 (s¹by /šabaya/)
- to take captive, to captivate
Noun
𐩪𐩨𐩺 (s¹by /šabyum/) (plural 𐩱𐩪𐩨𐩺 (ʾs¹by /ʾašbāyum/))
- verbal noun of 𐩪𐩨𐩺 (s¹by, “to take captive”)
- captives
- second half of 1st century B.C.E., Ir 20:
- 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 […]