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Hebrew
bṭl - to cease working
(HALOT 121)
This lexeme, Hapax Legomenon in Qoh 12:3, is thought to be borrowed from Aramaic (Wagner 1966:34)
Reconstruction
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*bṭl
- to be invalid, lost, to stop working
(EDA B 131)