| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |  bb. |
| DEFINITION: | Common Semitic noun *ibb-, *ub b-, *ub b-, fly. Beelzebub, from Hebrew bacal z bûb, lord (of the) fly, from zbûb, fly (pejorative alteration of bacal zbûl, lord prince, name of a Philistine god; see bcl and zbl). |
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