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Akkadian
puruḫlibnu - (an aromatic)
(CAD P 529, AHw. 882)
The West Semitic origin of the word was first proposed by Ebeling 1952–1953:215, who connected it with the Rabbinic Hebrew plant designation prḥlbn in DTTM 1223, where it is interpreted as a “‘White Blossom’, name of an aromatic shrub”.