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Akkadian
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
Verb
wabālum (G, a-i, durative ubbal, perfect ittabal, 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
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| Infinitive
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wabālum
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| Participle
|
wābilum
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| Adjective
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wablum
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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ubbal
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attabal
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ubil
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lubil
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| 2.sg
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m
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tubbal
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tattabal
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tubil
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bil
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| f
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tubbalī
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tattablī
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tublī
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bilī
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| 3.sg
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ubbal
|
ittabal
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ubil
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libil
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| 1.pl
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nubbal
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nittabal
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nubil
|
i nibil
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| 2.pl
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tubbalā
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tattablā
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tublā
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bilā
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| 3.pl
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m
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ubbalū
|
ittablū
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ublū
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liblū
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| f
|
ubbalā
|
ittablā
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ublā
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liblā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Cuneiform spellings
| Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒉐 (TUM₃)
- 𒁺 (TUM₂) (Old Babylonian, mathematics)
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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