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Phoenician
ḥlb - fat
(Tomback 1978: 104)
Likely distinguished from ḥlb ‘milk’ by an unknown vocalic pattern, cf. ˀl ḥlb wˀl ḥlb ‘for milk and for fat’ (or vice versa) [ibid.].
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PCS
*ḫilb-
- fat
(SED I No. 131; Kogan 2011: 215–216)