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*kVsl- - lower part of the trunk, genitals
(SED I No. 153; Kogan 2011: 218)
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Akkadian
kislu
- transverse process of the vertebra
(CAD K 425, AHw. 486)
Var. kaslu.
Ebla
ga-za-um /kas(a)Lum/
- back
(VE 665, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 687)
Var. gi-za-um /kis(a)Lum/ (EV 359)
Ugaritic
ksl
- back
(DLU 226)
also means ‘bowstring’, parallelled by Arb. kisl- (Held 1965: 401–406)
Hebrew
käsäl
- loins; genitals
(HALOT 489)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
kslyn
- loins
(DJPA 265)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
kislā
- loins
(Jastrwo 654)
Arabic
kawsalat-
- glans penis
(WKAS I 194)
may be related