From Proto-Semitic *ṣbṭ- (“to seize, take hold of, catch”). Compare Arabic ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa, “to take, hold”) and Biblical Hebrew צָבַט (ṣɔḇáṭ, “to reach, hold”).
ṣabātum (class a) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to seize, take hold of, arrest, capture
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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ṣabātum
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| Participle
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ṣābitum
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| Adjective
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ṣabtum
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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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aṣabbat
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aṣṣabat
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aṣbat
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luṣbat
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| 2.sg
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m
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taṣabbat
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taṣṣabat
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taṣbat
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ṣabat
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| f
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taṣabbatī
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taṣṣabtī
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taṣbatī
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ṣabtī
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| 3.sg
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iṣabbat
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iṣṣabat
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iṣbat
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liṣbat
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| 1.pl
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niṣabbat
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niṣṣabat
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niṣbat
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i niṣbat
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| 2.pl
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taṣabbatā
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taṣṣabtā
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taṣbatā
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ṣabtā
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| 3.pl
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m
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iṣabbatū
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iṣṣabtū
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iṣbatū
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liṣbatū
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| f
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iṣabbatā
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iṣṣabtā
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iṣbatā
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liṣbatā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- “ṣabātu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
