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Akkadian
Etymology
Possibly a West Semitic loanword. Compare Ugaritic 𐎃𐎍𐎁 (ḫlb /ḫalbu/, “massif, promontory”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ḫalbum m (plural ḫalbū) (from Old Babylonian on)
- forest
Cuneiform spellings
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- 𒄬𒁍 (ḫal-bu)
- 𒄬𒁉𒅎 (ḫal-bi-im) (genitive)
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References
- “ḫalbu”, 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) “ḫalbum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Olmo Lete, Gregorio del with Sanmartín, Joaquín and Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2015) “ḫalbum”, in A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 112), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385