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ḥbl - concevoir, devenir enceinte, grosse (d'un foetus) (to conceive, become pregnant)
(BK 1 370)
Note that the first meaning of the verb is quoted as ‘être plein, être rempli’ [ibid.].
Reconstruction
PCS
*ḥbl
- to be pregnant, conceive; to have labor pains
(SED I No. 21v; Kogan 2015: 189; HALOT 286)
cf. SED I Nos. 110 and 21ᵥ for its possible connection with the MSA terms for umbilical cord (such as Mhr.
ḥəblēt
) and, perhaps, PS
*ḥabl-
‘rope.