Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Semitic, History
Scripts زبيبة(Arabic) 𒍝𒁉𒁉𒂊(Akkadian Cuneiform)
Other Forms FormsZabiba, Zabibah
Meaning & History
Old Arabic name, possibly related to the modern Arabic noun زَبِيبَة (zabība) meaning "raisin". This was the name of an 8th-century BC queen of Qedar, an ancient Arab nomadic tribe. She was a vassal of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III.