K-B-D (original) (raw)

K-B-D (Hebrew: כ-ב-ד‎; East Semitic K-B-T; Arabic: ك-ب-د) is a triliteral Semitic root with the common meaning of to "be heavy", and thence "be important; honour, majesty, glory". The basic noun formed from the root means "liver", "interior", "soul" in most Semitic languages.The Akkadian word for liver is spelled with the sumerogram 𒂂, transliterated kabtu; the Ugaritic cognate is spelled 𐎋𐎁𐎄 kbd.