wabālum

Akkadian
Root
w-b-l
2 terms

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 or itbal, preterite ubil, imperative bil) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1.  to bring, transport
  2. to carry (things, animals, people; life, prosperity; messages, dreams)
  3. to carry off, sweep away
  4. to fetch (a price), be worth
  5. (mathematics) to multiply

Alternative forms
  • wabālu (non-mimated)
  • babālum (Old Babylonian)
  • abālu (Standard Babylonian)
  • ubālu (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒉐 (TUM₃)
  • 𒁺 (TUM₂) (Old Babylonian, mathematics)
  • 𒁀𒁀𒇻𒌝 (ba-ba-lu-um)
  • 𒁀𒁀𒈝 (ba-ba-lum)
  • 𒁀𒁀𒇻 (ba-ba-lu)
  • 𒀀𒁀𒈝 (a-ba-lum)
  • 𒀀𒁀𒇻 (a-ba-lu)

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
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