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*ḥubb- (or *ḥawb-) - chest, bosom
(SED I No. 109)
As a nominal anatomic term, C. Sem. only.
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Hebrew
ḥōb
- bosom
(Jastrow 429)
Note the meaning ‘shirt-pocket (safe place for keeping things)’ in Biblical Hebrew (hapax in Job)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḥubbā
- lap, bosom
(Jastrow 429, DJPA 189a)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ḥwb
- bosom
(DJPA 189)
Arabic
ḥawbāˀ-
- chest
(BK 1 507)