Arabic

qubulan - en premier lieu, devant, en présence de (in the first place, in front of, in the presence of) (BK 2 667)

PWS
*ḳVbl - before, in front of, opposite to (Arakelova 2001:47)
This preposition is considered to be derived from *ḳbl ‘to be in front of; to accept, to receive’.