ezēbum

Akkadian
Root
'-z-b
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕazab- (“to leave, forsake”). Cognate with Arabic عَزَبَ‎ (ʕazaba, “to be far; to escape”) and Biblical Hebrew עָזַב‎ (ʕɔzáḇ, “to leave”).

Pronunciation

Verb

ezēbum (G, i, durative izzib, perfect ītezib, preterite īzib, imperative ezib) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to leave, leave behind
    1. to abandon, neglect
    2. to divorce
      𒁮 𒂊𒍣𒂊𒁍𒌝 ― DAM e-ze-e-bu-um /aššatam ezēbum/ ― to get divorced (literally, “to leave a wife”)
  2. to entrust, leave (with someone)
    1. to lend money
  3. to make out (legal documents)

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive ezēbum
Participle ēzibum
Adjective ezbum
Active Durative Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg ezzib ēzib ētezib lūzib
2.sg m tezzib tēzib tētezib ezib
f tezzibī tēzibī tētezbī ezbī
3.sg izzib īzib ītezib līzib
1.pl nizzib nīzib nītezib i nīzib
2.pl tezzibā tēzibā tētezbā ezbā
3.pl m izzibū īzibū ītezbū līzibū
f izzibā īzibā ītezbā līzibā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒂊𒍣𒂊𒁍𒌝 (e-ze-e-bu-um)
  • 𒂊𒍣𒁍 (e-ze-bu)

References
  • “ezēbu”, 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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