wabālum
Akkadian
| Root |
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| w-b-l |
| 2 terms |
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *wabal- (to carry). Cognate with Arabic وَبَلَ (wabala, “to carry much rain”) and Biblical Hebrew הוֹבִיל (hoḇil, “to lead, transport”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /waˈbaː.lum/
Verb
wabālum (G, a-i, durative ubbal, perfect ittabal or itbal, preterite ubil, imperative bil) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to bring, transport
- to carry (things, animals, people; life, prosperity; messages, dreams)
- 𒉺𒈾𒄠 𒉿𒁀𒈝 [pānam wabālum] ― pa-na-am wa-ba-lum ― to forgive (literally, “to carry the face”)
- 𒌒𒇴 𒉺𒉌𒅀 [ublam pānīya!] ― ub-lam pa-ni-ia ― forgive me!
- to carry off, sweep away
- to fetch (a price), be worth
- (mathematics) to multiply
Conjugation
| Conjugation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | wabālum | |||||
| Participle | wābilum | |||||
| Adjective | wablum | |||||
| Active | Durative | Perfect | Preterite | Imperative | ||
| 1.sg | ubbal | attabal | ubil | lubil | ||
| 2.sg | m | tubbal | tattabal | tubil | bil | |
| f | tubbalī | tattablī | tublī | bilī | ||
| 3.sg | ubbal | ittabal | ubil | libil | ||
| 1.pl | nubbal | nittabal | nubil | i nibil | ||
| 2.pl | tubbalā | tattablā | tublā | bilā | ||
| 3.pl | m | ubbalū | ittablū | ublū | liblū | |
| f | ubbalā | ittablā | ublā | liblā | ||
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation. | ||||||
Alternative forms
- wabālu (non-mimated)
- babālum (Old Babylonian)
- abālu (Standard Babylonian)
- ubālu (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)
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References
- “abālu A”, 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) “wabālu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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