kabattum

Akkadian

Root
k-b-t
3 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabid- (“liver”). Cognate with Arabic كَبِد‎ (kabid) and Biblical Hebrew כָּבֵד‎ (kɔḇéḏ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /kaˈbat.tum/

Noun

kabattum f (from Old Babylonian on)

1. innards
2. liver

   Synonym: (extispicy) 𒌍 (amūtum)

3. (transferred sense) mood, temper, humour, mind, intention (used in parallelism with 𒊮 (libbum))

Alternative forms

• kabattu (non-mimated)
• kabtatum, kabtatu (poetic)
• kabittu (later, occasionally)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒅗𒁀𒌈 (ka-ba-tum) 𒅗𒁁𒌈 (ka-bat-tum) 𒅗𒀊𒋫𒌈 (ka-ab-ta-tum) 𒅗𒁁𒌅 (ka-bat-tu) 𒅗𒁁𒌓 (ka-bat-tu₂)

References

• “kabattu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “kabattu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag