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Jibbali
fḥarέt - snail with a very hard shell
(JL 54)
Reconstruction
PWS
*pVḥVr-
- kind of worm
(SED II No. 172)
Possibly related to PS *pḥr ‘to dig, to make a hole’ which is present in both Arb. and Eth.