Akkadian
berâtu - swamps, lagoons
(CAD B 206, AHw. 122, CDA 43)
Var. birâtu, bērātu. The relation of BI-ra-a-ti (a kind of reservoir) to *baḥr- is uncertain (Kogan 2011: 192).
Ebla
bù-la-tum - sea
(VE 1343’; Fronzaroli 1984b: 158)
is equated with Sum. AB.A; the relation to *baḥr- is uncertain (Kogan 2011: 192)
Arabic
baḥrat- - a place where water stagnates
(Lane 157)
Also in Old Amh., Littmann 1943:488.
Ancient Har. baḥar, Cerulli 1936:412.