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צב

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abb-. It is likely the word originally referred to some kind of lizard (compare Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ (ʿabbā) and Arabic ضَبّ (ḍabb), both meaning “mastigure”), but its usage in reference to some type of carriage in the Bible led European Jews (who were unfamiliar with the mastigure) to conclude both words must've shared a root relating to "being covered" or "carrying one's po

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c. 3500 BCEProto-Semitic

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