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PC
*gyl - to rejoice
(Kogan 2015: 289)
probably derived from PWS
*gwl/*gyl
‘to move in circle, to turn, to dance’
Lower-level reconstructions
PWS
*gwl/*gyl
- to move in circle, to turn, to dance
(Nöldeke 1904:43, Leslau 1958:16, DRS 108; Kogan 2015: 289)
Words
Ugaritic
gl
- to rejoice
(DUL 297)
Hebrew
gyl
- to shout in exultation, to rejoice
(HALOT 189)
Ammonite
gl
- to rejoice
(DNWSI 222)
For the context (ygl w-yšmḥ b-ywmt rbm w-bšnt rḥḳt ‘May he rejoice and be happy for many days and in years far off,’ Tell Siran 6‒8) v. Jackson 1982:36