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Definition: Common Semitic noun *^ɔaḫ-, brother. 1. Ahab, from Hebrew ^ɔaḥ^ɔāb, father's brother, from ^ɔaḥ, irregular bound form of ^ɔāḥ, brother (^ɔāb, father; see b). 2. Sennacherib, from Akkadian Sîn-aḫḫī-erība, Sin has replaced the (lost) brothers for me, from aḫḫī, oblique plural of aḫu, brother (erība, he has replaced for me; see rb-2). 3. Esarhaddon, from Akkadian Aššur-aḫa-iddin, Ashur has given a brother, from aḫa, accusative of aḫu (see above; iddin, has given; see ntn).