*√GBL “border, mountain?”

#Semitic *√GBL “border, mountain?”

#Akkadian

• gubla 𒁺𒆷 “Byblos” (<West-Semitic)

#Ugaritic

• gbl 𐎂𐎁𐎍 “summit, mount, frontier, end”
• gublu 𐎂𐎁𐎍 “Byblos”

#Aramaic

#Samalian

• gbl 𐤂𐤁𐤋 “territory”

#Syriac (<Arabic)

• ǧabālܓܒܠ “mountain, natural forest, reed bed”

#Canaanite

#Hebrew

• gəḇūl גבול “border”
• gōḇel גובל “field border”
• gəḇal גבל “Byblos”

#Phoenician

• gbl 𐤂𐤁𐤋 “territory, border”
• gebal / gubal 𐤂𐤁𐤋 “Byblos” –

#Punic

• gubulim 𐤂𐤁𐤋𐤌“territories”

#Arabic

• ǧabal جبل“mountain”
• ǧubula جبلة“bump”
• ǧbayl جبيل “Byblos”

#Sabaic

• gblt 𐩴𐩨𐩡𐩩 “mountainous region?, cultivated land surrounding village?”