Where does “teba” come from?
teba (Dutch) comes from Hebrew תיבה, from Egyptian ḏbꜣt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
teba (Dutch): bima in a Sephardic synagogue
Definitions
- bima in a Sephardic synagogue
Ancestry of “teba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hebrew | תיבה | box; Noah's ark; casket, coffin |
| 2 | Egyptian | ḏbꜣt | — |
| 3 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 4 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |