# \*šub(V)l-: 'hem'

> Proto-Semitic *šub(V)l-, 'hem': reflexes in 1 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šub(V)l- |
| Meaning | 'hem' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 312 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | šōbel (HALOT 1393) | HALOT 1393 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

HALOT 1393 reads Hebrew šōbel (Is 47:2) either as 'train of a dress, hem of a skirt', with Driver's Arabic sabal 'long garments which hang down', or beside Arabic sabīl; Lane 1301: sabal 'garments made to hang down so as to drag', ʾasbala ʾizārahu 'he let down his waist-wrapper'. Cf. 353, 3511.

## Linked from

- [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>)

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