STRONGS NUMBER H16

H16. ebeh

אֵ֫בֶה‎ noun [masculine] reed, papyrus (etymology uncertain; = Arabic , Assyrian abu Dl^W, AGI) אֵבֶ֑ה אֳנִיּוֺת‎ Job 9:26 (craft made of reeds, light & swift, Heliod.^{Aethiop. X, 460}) = כְּלֵיגֹֿמֶא‎ Isaiah 18:2.

II. אבה‎ (perhaps at least formally justified as stem of אָב‎ (construct אֲבִי‎), so Thes (compare below), but existence & meaning wholly dubious; as real √ Ba^{ZMG 1887, 609 ff.} Ol^{§ 123 c}; accusative to Dl^{W p. 22} אבה‎ Assyrian abû = decide, אָב‎ = he who decides; Thes (so Rob Ges Nö^{ZMG xl, 737 &} compare Sta^{§ 186} and others) makes אָב‎ noun primarily biliteral, imitating infant's speech compare πάππας, pappa, papa (compare Ew^{§ 106 a}); also Assyrian bab Jen^{ZA 1886, 404}).