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Hebrew
šālāk - an unclean bird
(HALOT 1530)
pB. ‘cormorant’ (Jastrow 1585)
Reconstruction
PS
*šVl(V)k-
- kind of bird
(SED II No. 203)
Scarce attestation, PS reconstruction not very reliable. Cf. Akk. šiliḳḳu ‘a bird’ SB (CAD Š₂ 444, AHw. 1236), šilingu (šillumgu) ‘a bird’ NB (CAD Š₂ 444, AHw. 1236) with ḳ and g instead of the expected k.