erēbu  [UGA.MUŠEN : , BURU₄.MUŠEN : ]  ()

[Animals → Birds]

a crow , a raven , a jackdaw ; erēb zēri : (a kind of) crow ; : [BURU₅ : ] ; šēp erēbu : "crow's feet" the name of a plant ; [Ú.GÌR.UGA.MUŠEN : ] : Corvus ; also code name for Mars and Saturn : [MUL.UGA.MUŠEN : ] / [MUL.UG₅.GA : ] ; hard to distinguish from erbû : a locust ;

Variants : arēbu, ḫerēbu

See also : qāribu, āribu, ḫaḫḫūru, erbû

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

• Proto-Semitic : ^*ǵurayb "crow"
• Arabic : ǵurāb  غُرَاب
• Syriac : ʿūrǝbā
• Hebrew : ʿōrēḃ  עוֹרֵב

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