ḫalbum
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly a West Semitic loanword. Compare Ugaritic 𐎃𐎍𐎁 (ḫlb /ḫalbu/, “massif, promontory”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈχal.bum/
Noun edit
ḫalbum m (plural ḫalbū) (from Old Babylonian on)
Alternative forms edit
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References edit
- “ḫalbu”, 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) “ḫalbum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Olmo Lete, Gregorio del with Sanmartín, Joaquín and Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2015) “ḫalbum”, in A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 112), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385