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Akkadian
ḫalû - black mole (on the face and body); black spot (a disease of barley)
(CAD Ḫ 53, AHw. 314)
Possibile shift of ḫ < *ḥ. Alternatively to be compared to Arb. ḫāl- ‘sign on the face, mole’ [BK 1 649] (cf. [Holma 1912 9]).
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PS
*ḥ/ḫalaˀ-
- mole; pustule
(SED I No. 116)