ק־ב־לق ب ل
q-b-l “to receive, face, accept” Rabbinic qabbālāh 'what is received' meant tradition, then Jewish mysticism, and in French and English a secret clique, cabal. Arabic uses the same root for qibla, the direction one faces in prayer, and qabila 'to accept'.
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Relatives outside the atlas Mishnaic Hebrew קִבֵּל qibbēl “to receive” Modern Hebrew קַבָּלָה kabala “also 'receipt' in Modern Hebrew” Arabic قَبِلَ qabila “to accept” Arabic قِبْلَة qibla “direction of prayer” Arabic قَبِيلَة qabīla “tribe” Arabic مُسْتَقْبَل mustaqbal “future, 'what comes to meet you'”
Sources Lexodus atlas entries kabbalah, cabal Klein, s.v. קבל