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*gabb(-at)- - eyebrow, eye-pit, front
(SED I No. 66)
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Akkadian
gabbu
- brain(?)
(CAD G 5, AHw. 272)
Semantic shift ‘forehead’ > ‘brain’ is possible.
Hebrew
gabbōt ˁēnayim
- eyebrows
(HALOT 170)
pl. fem.; lit. ‘g. of the eyes’
Hebrew
gab
- eye-brow; the elevation around genitals
(Jastrow 203)
pB.
Arabic
ǯubbat-
- bone that forms the eye socket
(BK 1 246, Lane 371)