# \*wVbVl-: 'lead'

> Proto-Semitic *wVbVl-, 'lead': reflexes in 9 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>) › [W](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/w/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## 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/ &gt; /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 |

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

## Notes

Cf. 3514 \*wbl 'tribute, tax'.

## Linked from

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

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