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1a to well, well up, gush forth, flow, issue; 1b to rise, spring, originate (river); 2a to emanate (e.g., an odor); 2b to emerge, spring, stem (from) – WehrCowan1976.

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▪ The fact that Bergsträsser has an entry manbaʕ (see below) instead of nabaʕa suggests that he considers the vb. to be secondary (denominative), not the noun deverbative. But this does not sound very reasonable, ma‑ being a very common prefix for n.loc.
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: (*‘well’) Akk nambāʔu, Hbr mabbōᵃʕ, Syr mabbōʕā, Gz (nbʕ ‘to weep, cry’).

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►ʔanbaʕa, vb. IV, to cause to gush forth or flow out: *Š‑stem, caus.

►nabʕ, n., 1 ↗nabʕ; 2 spring, source: may be the etymon proper from which vb. I then would be denom.
►^BP#3856manbaʕ, pl. manābiʕᵘ, n., 1a spring, well; 1b fountainhead, springhead, source, origin: considered an original item by Bergsträsser, but rather a simple maFʕaL formation for n.loc. | manbaʕ zayt, manbaʕ bitrōl, n., oil‑well
►yanbūʕ, pl. yanābīʕᵘ, n., spring, source, well.

For another item from the same root √NBʕ (related to nabaʕa?), cf. ↗nabʕ.

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