lābum

Akkadian
𒆷𒁍𒌝 (lābum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *labuʔ- (“lion”). Cognate with Arabic لَبُؤَة‎ (labuʔa, “lioness”) and Biblical Hebrew לָבִיא‎ (lɔḇíʔ, “lion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lābum m (plural lābū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. (poetic) lion
    Synonym: nēšum (“lion”)

Alternative forms
  • lābu (non-mimated)
  • lab'um (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)
  • labbu (Standard Babylonian)
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒆷𒁍𒌝 (la-bu-um)
  • 𒆷𒀊𒁍 (la-ab-bu)
  • 𒆗𒁍 (lab-bu)
  • 𒆷𒀀𒁍 (la-a-bu)
  • 𒆷𒁍𒌑 (la-bu-u₂)
  • 𒆷𒁍 (la-bu)

Derived terms
  • lābatum (“lioness”)
  • lābiš (“like a lion”)

References
  • “labbu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
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