The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
wb.
DEFINITION:
To sit, dwell. 1a.moshav, from Hebrew môb, seat, dwelling; b.yeshiva, from Hebrew yîbâ, sitting, session, academy. Both a and b from yab(< *waaba), to sit, dwell. 2.marchpane, marzipan, perhaps from Arabic mawabn, king on the throne, Byzantine coin with enthroned Christ figure, perhaps from Aramaic mawtb,mawtbn, seat, throne, from yteb (< *waiba), to sit.
b.
b, seat, dwelling; b. yeshiva, from Hebrew y
