libbum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *libb- (“heart”). Cognate with Arabic لُبّ (lubb) and Biblical Hebrew לֵב (leḇ).

Pronunciation

Noun

libbum m (construct state libbi, pronominal state libba, plural libbū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. heart, abdomen, womb
  2. mind, thought, intention, wish, desire, preference
    𒊮𒅗 𒈪𒅎𒈠 𒆷𒀀 𒄿𒈠𒅈𒊏𒊍
    [libbaka mimma lā imarraṣ]
    ŠA₃-ka mi-im-ma la-a i-ma-ar-ra-aṣ
    Do not be angry/annoyed at all.
    (literally, “Do not at all make your heart sick”)
    𒆠𒄿 𒆷 𒊮𒁉 𒀭𒀭 [kī la libbi ilānī] ― ki-i la lib₃-bi DINGIR.DINGIR ― contrary to the will of the gods
  3. inside, inner part

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒇷𒅁𒁍𒌝 (li-ib-bu-um)
  • 𒇷𒅁𒁍 (li-ib-bu)
  • 𒈜𒁍 (lib-bu)

Derived terms
  • ana libbi
  • ina libbi
  • libbātum

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