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Arabic
ˀisb- - the hair of the pubes
(BK 1 31, Lane 56)
With ˀ- as a triconsonantizer or prefixed element?
Reconstruction
Areal reconstruction
*š/sVb-, *ˀV-š/sVb-
- pubic hair
(SED I No. 239)
Problematic; scarce attestation only in South Sem. area.