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*gVb(b)ān- - eyebrow, front
(SED I No. 69)
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Hebrew
gibbēn
- one having defective eyebrow (?)
(HALOT 174)
The context of Lv 21: 20 rather points to this meaning (cf. [Ja. 207]); usually understood as ‘hump-backed’.
Official Aramaic
gbyn
- forehead
(DNWSI 209)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
gbyn
- eyebrow
(DJPA 119)
Syriac
gbinā
- eyebrows; summit, peak
(LSyr. 102, SL 200)
Syriac
gbintā
- eyebrows
(LSyr. 102, SL 201)
Mandaic
gbina, gbana
- brow, eyebrow, eyelash
(MD 79)
Arabic
ˀal-ǯabīnāni
- the two ends of the forehead
(BK 1 250, Lane 377)