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Hebrew
ṣōṣāl - dove
(Jastrow 1270)
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Reconstruction
PCS
*ṣulṣVl-
- (wild) dove
Central Semitic only unless Akk. ṣililītu ‘a bird’ (CAD Ṣ 188, AHw. 1100) is compared (attested in lexical lists, according to Salonen 1973 262, possibly to be identified with Passer domesticus)