ṣābum
Akkadian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *ṣābaʾ-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew צָבָא (ṣɔḇɔ́ʔ, “an army, a multitude of people”) and Ugaritic 𐎕𐎁𐎜 (ṣbủ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈsˤaː.bum/
Noun
editṣābum m (construct state ṣāb or ṣābi, plural ṣābū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- worker, soldier
- (collective) gang, army, troop, people, population
- 𒉺𒉌 𒍝𒁉𒅎 𒍢𒄴𒊑𒅎 𒊍𒁁
- [pānī ṣābim ṣeḫrim aṣbat]
- pa-ni ṣa-bi-im ṣe-eḫ-ri-im aṣ-bat
- I led a small gang.
Alternative forms
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References
edit- “ṣābu”, 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) “ṣābu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag