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ṣābum

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Akkadian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ṣābaʾ-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew צָבָא (ṣɔḇɔ́ʔ, an army, a multitude of people) and Ugaritic 𐎕𐎁𐎜 (ṣbủ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ṣābum m (construct state ṣāb or ṣābi, plural ṣābū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. worker, soldier
  2. (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.

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References

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  • “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