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*ḳVrb- - inner part, middle of the body
(SED I No. 165)
Words
Akkadian
ḳerbu
- intestines, insides (in the pl.), mind, heart
(CAD ḳ 216, AHw 914)
Ugaritic
ḳrb
- midsection
(WUS 282)
ḳirbu(m)
Hebrew
ḳäräb
- entrails, inward parts
(HALOT 1135)
Arabic
qurb-
- flanks, from the hips to the lower abdomen
(BK 2 704)
u < *a accomodated to b ?