qabûm

Akkadian

Root
q-b-y
1 term

Etymology

Uncertain, not a Sumerian loan, being derived from another substratum or more likely a Semitic root that was more productive in East Semitic; possible connections to Arabic قَوَّهَ (qawwaha, “to shriek, scream, yell, cry out, shout”) and Arabic قَبَّ (qabba, “to raise a clamor, to make a confusion of cries, to shout, to make a noise or utter a sound; to audibly gnash teeth, to grumble, to bray”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /qaˈbuːm/

Verb

qabûm (G, i, durative iqabbi, perfect iqtabi, preterite iqbi, imperative qibi)

1. to say, tell, speak, report, recite, pronounce, utter, declare

   𒈪𒈠 𒀝𒁍𒄣 [kīma aqbûkum] ― ki-ma aq-bu-kum ― as I told you

   𒀭𒄩𒆪𒈠 𒅅𒁉𒋗 [anḫāku-ma iqbīšu] ― an-ḫa-ku-ma iq-bi-šu ― He said to him: "I'm tired".

2. to enumerate, list (to say in a written document)
3. to make a statement, a deposition, to declare publicly, in court.
4. to give an order, decree
5. to name, call

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		qabûm
Participle		qābûm
Adjective		qabûm
Active		Durative	Preterite	Perfect	Imperative
1.sg		aqabbi	aqbi	aqtabi	luqbi
2.sg	m	taqabbi	taqbi	taqtabi	qibi
	f	taqabbî	taqbî	taqtabî	qibî
3.sg		iqabbi	iqbi	iqtabi	liqbi
1.pl		niqabbi	niqbi	niqtabi	i niqbi
2.pl		taqabbiā	taqbiā	taqtabiā	qibiā
3.pl	m	iqabbû	iqbû	iqtabû	liqbû
	f	iqabbiā	iqbiā	iqtabiā	liqbiā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• qabā'u
• qabû (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅗 (DUG₄, DU₁₁)	𒂵𒁍𒌑𒌝 (qa₂-bu-u₂-um) 𒋡𒁍𒌑 (qa-bu-u₂)