Number: 125
Proto-Semitic: *ḳVrb-
Meaning: inner part, middle (of the body)
Akkadian: ḳerbu 'intestines, insides' (in the pl.), 'mind, heart' OB on [CAD ḳ 216], [AHw 914-915]
Ugaritic: ḳrb 'Körpermitte' [Aist 282]
Hebrew: ḳäräb 'entrails, inward parts' [KB 1135]
Arabic: ḳurb- (u < *a assimilated to b ?) 'flancs, à partir des hanches jusqu'au bas-ventre' [BK 2 704]
Notes: Note a derived meaning 'inside, (in the) middle': AKK ḳerbu 'inside, inner part, middle' (the first and main meaning in AKK) OA on [CAD ḳ 216], [AHw 914-915]; UGR ḳrb (prep.) 'inmitten, in, an' [Aist 282]; MOAB b-ḳrb 'in the midst' [Segert 266].
Cf. SOQ di-ríkob (di-ríḳab) 'boyau' [LS 400]; see also QALAN-V d-ī́rǝḳɔb 'estomac de chèvre' et al. [SSL 4 100]; metathetic of *ḳVrb-?
Cf. *ḳalb- 'heart, middle, center' (No. ).
[Holma 61]: AKK, ARB, HBR; [KB 1135]: HBR, MOAB, UGR, AKK, ARB
