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*gbḫ - to be bald (on the forehead)
(SED I No. 15v)
Semantically and phonetically very likely contaminated with gVbh(at) ‘forehead, front’ (see SED I No. 68).
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Akkadian
gubbuḫu
- bald
(CAD A 117, AHw. 295)
Var. ḳubbuḫu.
Hebrew
gibbēăḥ
- with receding hair-line
(HALOT 173)
Hebrew
gabbaḥat
- receding hair-line; bare spot
(HALOT 173)
Syriac
gbāḥā
- bald on the forehead
(LSyr. 101, SL 199)