šēlebum

Akkadian

𒊺𒇷𒁀𒀭 (šēlebān)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab- (“fox”). Cognate with Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab) and Biblical Hebrew שׁוּעָל (šuʕɔ́l).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeː.le.bum/

Noun

šēlebum m (plural šēlebū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. fox
2. an unidentified star
3. a kind of fish
4. a kind of bird or locust

Alternative forms

• šēlebu (non-mimated)
• šellebu
• šēlubu (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒈜𒀀 (KA₅.A)	𒊺𒇷𒁍𒌝 (še-le-bu-um) 𒊺𒇷𒁍 (še-le-bu)

References

• “šēlebu”, 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) “šēlebu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag