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Jibbali
ḫarmét - hare-lip; notch in the ear, nose, eyelid, etc.
(JL 305)
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PWS
*ḫrm
- to have a notch, cut in the skin (nose, ear, lip)
(SED I No. 30v)
Likely to be connected with Sem. *ḫrm ‘to cut, split, divide’ (cf. CDG 264, HALOT 354).