Akkadian
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Etymology
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From Proto-Semitic *ṯabar- (“to break”). Cognate with Arabic ثَبَرَ (ṯabara) and Biblical Hebrew שָׁבַר (šɔḇar).
Pronunciation
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šebērum (G, e, durative išebber, perfect išteber, preterite išber, imperative šeber) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to break, fracture
- to harrow a field for the second time
Conjugation
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| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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šebērum
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| Participle
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šēbirum
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| Adjective
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šebrum
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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ešebbir
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eštebir
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ešbir
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lušbir
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| 2.sg
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m
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tešebbir
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teštebir
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tešbir
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šibir
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| f
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tešebbirī
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teštebrī
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tešbirī
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šibrī
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| 3.sg
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išebbir
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ištebir
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išbir
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lišbir
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| 1.pl
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nišebbir
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ništebir
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nišbir
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i nišbir
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| 2.pl
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tešebbirā
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teštebrā
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tešbirā
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šibrā
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| 3.pl
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m
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išebbirū
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ištebrū
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išbirū
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lišbirū
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| f
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išebbirā
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ištebrā
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išbirā
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lišbirā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Alternative forms
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Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒊺𒁉𒊒𒌝 (še-be₂-ru-um)
- 𒊺𒁉𒀸 (še-be₂-rum)
- 𒊺𒁁𒊒 (še-be-ru)
- 𒊺𒁉𒊒 (še-be₂-ru)
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References
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- “šebēru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šebēru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
