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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)
- heart, abdomen, womb
- mind, thought, intention, wish, desire, preference
𒊮𒅗 𒈪𒅎𒈠 𒆷𒀀 𒄿𒈠𒅈𒊏𒊍- 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 ― ki-i la lib₃-bi DINGIR.DINGIR ― contrary to the will of the gods
- inside, inner part
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒇷𒅁𒁍𒌝 (li-ib-bu-um)
- 𒇷𒅁𒁍 (li-ib-bu)
- 𒈜𒁍 (lib-bu)
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Derived terms
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, via the electronic Babylonian Library