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Etymology edit

Root
צ־ב־ע (ṣ-b-ʿ)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ-. Compare Arabic إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ), Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā), Classical Syriac ܨܒܥܐ (ṣeḇʿā), Tigrinya ኣጻብዕ (ʾaṣabʿ), Coptic ⲧⲏⲃ (tēb), Ugaritic 𐎜𐎕𐎁𐎓 (ủṣbʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.

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אֶצְבַּע ('etsbá' / 'étsba'f (plural indefinite אֶצְבָּעוֹת, singular construct אֶצְבַּע־, plural construct אֶצְבְּעוֹת־)

  1. (anatomy) finger

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