Soqotri

ḥéḷoš - strike, cause pain (LS 178; Naumkin et al. 2014a:37, 53; Kogan 2015:559)

PS
*ḫlš - to tear out (Kogan 2015: 558–559)
Contra SED I No. 33, there is no connection between this root and PS *ḫyl ‘to be in labor.’