“Ark, chest” < Egyptian đb’t “sarcophagus” or tbt “chest” תיבה 𐤕𐤉‬𐤁‬𐤄‬ תיבותא تابوت ታቦት θήβη

#Semitic word for “chest, ark” is an #Egyptian loanword from đb’t “sarcophagus” or tbt “chest”:

#Hebrew

• tēḇâ תיבה
• tēḇaṯ nōaḥ תיבת נוח “Noah’s Ark”

#SamaritanHebrew

• tībâ תיבה

#Aramaic

#JudeoAramaic

• tēḇūṯā תיבותא

#SamaritanAramaic

• tīḇūṯâ תיבותה (abs. tīḇū)

From #Aramaic tēḇūṯā תיבותא:

#Arabic < Aramaic

• tābūt تابوت (From Aramaic of the Jews of Madina? or indirectly Aramaic > Geez tābōt > Arabic)

#Ethiopian < Aramaic

#Geez

• tābōt ታቦት

#NonSemitic < Aramaic

#Greek

• θήβη, θίβωνος

#Armenian

• t’aput