kabattum

Akkadian
Root
k-b-t
3 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabid- (“liver”). Cognate with Arabic كَبِد‎ (kabid) and Biblical Hebrew כָּבֵד‎ (kɔḇéḏ).

Pronunciation

Noun

kabattum f (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. innards
  2. liver
    Synonym: (extispicy) 𒌍 (amūtum)
  3. (transferred sense) mood, temper, humour, mind, intention (used in parallelism with 𒊮 (libbum))

Alternative forms
  • kabattu (non-mimated)
  • kabtatum, kabtatu (poetic)
  • kabittu (later, occasionally)
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒅗𒁀𒌈 (ka-ba-tum)
  • 𒅗𒁁𒌈 (ka-bat-tum)
  • 𒅗𒀊𒋫𒌈 (ka-ab-ta-tum)
  • 𒅗𒁁𒌅 (ka-bat-tu)
  • 𒅗𒁁𒌓 (ka-bat-tu₂)

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