*wVbVl-: 'lead'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*wVbVl-
Meaning	'lead'
Basis	SED
SED	SEDonline semet 396

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	ybl
Aramaic	ybl
Ugaritic	wbl (Tropper UG §75.511); /mōbalu/ (UVST 132)	Tropper UG §75.511; UVST 132	gloss withheld
Akkadian	(w)abālu, babālu, tabālu (AHw 1450); EA ubil (HALOT 383)	AHw 1450; HALOT 383
Syrian Aramaic	ʾaubel (HALOT 383)	HALOT 383
Amorite	*ybl (HALOT 383); yabal, yîbal (Buck 2019, 334)	HALOT 383; Buck 2019, 334	gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic tbl (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 131)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 131	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	wa-ba-lu /wabālu(m)/ (VE 979; Krebernik 1983, 35); /tawbil/ > /tūbil/ (Akk. tūbil), 3rd f./2nd m.: names da-bíl-da-mu, du-bíl-da-mu, du-bíl-ma-lik (Krebernik 1988, 53–55)	VE 979; Krebernik 1983, 35; Krebernik 1988, 53–55	gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic	ybl haf. (HALOT 383)	HALOT 383	gloss withheld

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Notes

Cf. 3514 *wbl 'tribute, tax'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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