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Ammonite
gl - to rejoice
(DNWSI 222)
For the context (ygl w-yšmḥ b-ywmt rbm w-bšnt rḥḳt ‘May he rejoice and be happy for many days and in years far off,’ Tell Siran 6‒8) v. Jackson 1982:36
Reconstruction
PC
*gyl
- to rejoice
(Kogan 2015: 289)
probably derived from PWS
*gwl/*gyl
‘to move in circle, to turn, to dance’