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*ḫilb- - fat
(SED I No. 131; Kogan 2011: 215–216)
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Ugaritic
ḫlb
- fats covering the skin or intestines
(WUS 112, DUL 390, Watson 2007: 86)
see Akk
ḫalbu
- forest. Translated as ‘massif, promontory’ in [DLU 191].
Phoenician
ḥlb
- fat
(Tomback 1978: 104)
Likely distinguished from ḥlb ‘milk’ by an unknown vocalic pattern, cf. ˀl ḥlb wˀl ḥlb ‘for milk and for fat’ (or vice versa) [ibid.].
Hebrew
ḥēläb
- fat (covering the entrails, kidneys and liver, breast, etc.)
(HALOT 315)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḥlb
- fat
(DJPA 201)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḥēläb
- a viscous substance, glair
(Jastrow 464)
Syriac
ḥelbā
- fat; membrane, diaphragm
(LSyr. 233, SL 451)
Arabic
ḫilb-
- diaphragm, midgriff
(BK 1 609, Lane 781)