qbl / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root qbl: gabelle, kabbalah, Kabyle, qiblah.

qbl

Common Semitic noun *qabl-, front, whence West Semitic denominative verb qbl, to receive.

1. cabal, kabbalah, from Hebrew qabbālâ, received doctrine, tradition, from qibbēl, to receive.
2.
a. gabelle, from Arabic qabāla, tax, tribute;;
b. Kabyle, from Arabic qabāʔilu, plural of qabīla, tribe. Both a and b from Arabic qabila, to receive..
3. qiblah, from Arabic qibla, the direction of the Kaaba, toward which Muslims face when praying, akin to qabila, to receive (compare the probably denominative derived stem qābala, to face).

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