ezēbum

Akkadian

Root
'-z-b
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕazab- (“to leave, forsake”). Cognate with Arabic عَزَبَ (ʕazaba, “to be far; to escape”) and Biblical Hebrew עָזַב (ʕɔzáḇ, “to leave”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ezēbum (G, i, durative izzib, perfect ītezib, preterite īzib, imperative ezib) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to leave, leave behind
   1. to abandon, neglect

      𒂊𒍣𒅁 [ezib] ― e-zi-ib ― Never mind!

   2. to divorce

      𒁮 𒂊𒍣𒂊𒁍𒌝 [aššatam ezēbum] ― DAM e-ze-e-bu-um ― to get divorced (literally, “to leave a wife”)

2. to entrust, leave (with someone)
   1. to lend money
3. to make out (legal documents)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		ezēbum
Participle		ēzibum
Adjective		ezbum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		ezzib	ētezib	ēzib	lūzib
2.sg	m	tezzib	tētezib	tēzib	ezib
	f	tezzibī	tētezbī	tēzibī	ezbī
3.sg		izzib	ītezib	īzib	līzib
1.pl		nizzib	nītezib	nīzib	i nīzib
2.pl		tezzibā	tētezbā	tēzibā	ezbā
3.pl	m	izzibū	ītezbū	īzibū	līzibū
	f	izzibā	ītezbā	īzibā	līzibā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• ezēbu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋺 (TAK₄)	𒂊𒍣𒂊𒁍𒌝 (e-ze-e-bu-um) 𒂊𒍣𒁍 (e-ze-bu)

References

• “ezēbu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011