PCS

*ḥbš - to tie, to band (Kogan 2015: 209)

Akk abšānu compared to this root in LSyr. 213 and elsewhere, is borrowed from Sum. abšu ‘a strap or band,’ hapax legomenon in a late lexical list, it is more likely to be a WS (loan)word

Akkadian

ḫubūsu - a belt or a part of it (Arkhipov 2012:108‒109)

OB Mari. Probably, related to this PWS root *ḥbš, and if so, is considered to be the earliest witness of the root (Kogan 2015:209).

Ugaritic

ḥbš - cinch, belt; waist (DUL 353)

Hebrew

ḥbš - to wind round, to wrap, to bind up (HALOT 289)

Syriac

ḥbš - to take hold (LSyr. 213, SL 410)

Arabic

ḥbs - to shut in, to imprison (Lane 500)

Geez

ḥabs - prison (CDG 225, LLA 103)

borrowed from Arabic

Tigre

ḥabbäsä - to take prisoner (WTS 79)

borrowed from Arabic

Mehri

ḥəbūs - to imprison (ML 165)

borrowed from Arabic

Jibbali

ḥɔ̄s - to imprison (JL 102)

borrowed from Arabic

Soqotri

ḥébos - to enclose (LS 160; CSOL I 552; CSOL III)