*ḫbl: 'to damage, ruin; to wrong'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḫbl
Meaning'to damage, ruin; to wrong'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianḫabālu A (CAD Ḫ 3)CAD Ḫ 3gloss withheld
Canaaniteḫabaluma (EA 254:17 apud HALOT 285)HALOT 285gloss withheld
HebrewIII ḥbl; pi. (HALOT 285)HALOT 285gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicḥăbāl (HALOT 285)HALOT 285gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaichbal(a) (HALOT 285)HALOT 285gloss withheld
Arabicḫabila 'he was corrupted, unsound, disordered' (Lane 699); ḫabāl, also ḫabal 'corruptness, unsoundness, a vitiated or disordered state' (Lane 700)Lane 699; Lane 700
Epigraphic South ArabianSab ḫbl (SD 58); Qat. ḫblm (Ricks 1982 s.v. ḫblm)SD 58; Ricks 1982 s.v. ḫblmgloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ḫbl (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 79); mḫbl (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 95); Hismaic ḫbl; mḫbl (Al-Jallad 2026, 64)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 79; Al-Jallad–Jaworska 95; Al-Jallad 2026 64gloss withheld
Eblaiticcf. ḫu-nu-um a-ba-lu /ḫ-b-l/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 266)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 266gloss withheld
Ugariticḫbl (DULAT 379)DULAT 379gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicḥbl pa. (HALOT BArm. s.v. חבל); ḥăbāl (HALOT 286)HALOT BArm. s.v. חבל; HALOT 286gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 285 also files Arabic ḫabala 'to confound', OSA ḫbl 'to be wild' and Ethiopic 'to act corruptly' here; K0768 *ḫVbVl- 'bold' holds Arabic ḫabala 'maddened' and Geez ḫabala 'dare'. Kaufman 1974, 56 n. 122 sets Akk. ḫabālu A 'to ravage (a person)' beside Arabic ḫbl 'to despoil, damage' as cognates.

Updated 25 October 2026

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