PS

*ḳVrb- - inner part, middle of the body (SED I No. 165)

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 ?