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From a reconstructed Proto-Semitic*labin(a)t(“brick”); diffusing to other Semitic languages via the Akkadian term seems difficult to account and there has been no compelling reason to assume the Akkadian is the original source. More distantly a possible connection to Proto-Semitic *laban-(“dairy”) with compared developed verbal senses, to strain milk or yogurt of its whey, to thicken or coagulate, to solidify, to dry out, to become firm or solid pieces; hence the connection to drying and solidifying of bricks. Compare Eblaite𒇷𒁀𒌈(li-ba-tum/libittum, libattum/), Ugaritic𐎍𐎁𐎐𐎚(lbnt, “brick”), Hebrewלְבֵנָה(ləḇenɔ́, “sun-baked or dried-out brick”), Aramaicלְבִינְּתָּא(/ləḇinṯā, ləḇittā/), Classical Syriacܠܒܬܐ(/ləḇettā/), Arabicلِبْنَة(libna) and لَبِنَة(labina).
“libittum”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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