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1. Paret1971_Konk: »Der Ausdruck ist metaphorisch zu verstehen«, cf. therefore Paret’s own translation as ‘Sie half euch aber nichts, und euch wurde angst und bange.’

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▪ BDB1906: Hbr rāḥab, Aram rəḥab (in deriv.), Ar raḥiba, raḥuba, Gz rəḥəba ‘to be, or grow, wide, large’. – Cf. also Hbr raḥab ‘breadth, broad expanse’, rōḥab ‘breadth, width’, rāḥāb ‘wide, broad’, rəḥôb ‘broad, open place, plaza’, märḥāb ‘broad, roomy place’. – BDB1906 gives also a Akk rêbitu ‘open place’, but I could not verify this in CAD. There, one finds only rību ‘street’ and ribītu ‘street, main street, thoroughfare’; but are these related?
▪ Müller2010: Sab rḥb ‘umfassend sein’, rḥb ‘erweitern, vergrößern’.

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▪ Huehnergard2011: < WSem *rḥb ‘to be(come) wide, large’

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► ^BP#2022raḥḥaba, vb. II, to welcome (bi‑ s.o., s.th.), bid welcome (bi‑ to s.o.); to receive graciously, make welcome (bi‑ s.o.): caus. of I (then ‘to welcome’ is, literally, ‘to make the space wide (for a guest, etc.)’), or denom. from ↗marḥaban ?
► taraḥḥaba, vb. V, to welcome (bi‑ s.o.), bid welcome (bi‑ to): refl. of II ?

► raḥb, adj., wide, spacious, roomy; unconfined: this (or ruḥb, or raḥab) may be the proper etymon from which all the other items derive. | r. al-ṣadr, adj., generous, magnanimous; broad minded, open-minded, liberal; frank, candid, open hearted; carefree; r. ṣadr, n., generosity, magnanimity; open-mindedness, broad-mindedness, liberality; frankness, candor; r. al-bāʕ, adj., generous, open handed, liberal; r. al-ḏirāʕ, adj., dto.
► ruḥb, n., vastness, wideness, spaciousness, unconfinedness: this (or raḥb, or raḥab) may be the proper etymon from which all the other items derive. | ʔatà ʕalà ’l-r. wa’l-saʕaẗ, vb., to be welcome; wajada r~an wa-saʕatan, vb., to meet with a friendly reception.
► raḥab, n., vastness, wideness, spaciousness, unconfinedness: this (or raḥb, or ruḥb) may be the proper etymon from which all the other items derive. | r. al-ṣadr, n., magnanimity, generosity; lightheartedness.
► ^BP#4753raḥbaẗ, raḥabaẗ, pl. raḥabāt, riḥāb, n., wide area, wide space; large square; courtyard, inner court (e.g., of a mosque); pl. riḥāb, wideness, vastness; generosity, magnanimity, big-heartedness; sacred precinct, protected area: f. formation of raḥb; the pl. riḥāb may be, originally, a sg. (cf. Hbr rəḥôb ‘broad, open place, plaza’). | riḥāb al-kawn and riḥāb al-faḍāʔ, n.pl., vastness of outer space; ʔanā fī riḥābika, I am under your protection, in the realm of your generosity! (spoken at the grave of a saint); nazala fī riḥābihī ḍayfan, he came to him as a guest; riḥāb al-ǧāmiʕaẗ, n.pl., university grounds, campus.
► raḥīb = raḥb : ints. formation.
► raḥābaẗ, n.f., wideness, vastness, spaciousness, unconfinedness | r. al-ṣadr, n., magnanimity, generosity.
► ^BP#1072marḥaban bika, adv., welcome!: ↗s.v..
► tarḥāb, n., welcome, greeting:. | qābalahū bi-t., vb. III, to receive s.o. with open arms.
► ^BP#2889tarḥīb, n., welcoming, welcome, greeting: vn. II.
► tarḥībī, adj.: nsb-adj from tarḥīb | kalimaẗ tarḥībiyyaẗ, n., welcoming speech, word of welcome.

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