ezēbum

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Akkadian

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Root
'-z-b
1 term

Etymology

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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

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Verb

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

  1. to leave, leave behind
    1. to abandon, neglect
      𒂊𒍣𒅁 [ezib]e-zi-ibNever mind!
    2. to divorce
      𒁮 𒂊𒍣𒂊𒁍𒌝 [aššatam ezēbum]DAM e-ze-e-bu-umto get divorced (literally, “to leave a wife”)
  2. to entrust, leave (with someone)
    1. to lend money
  3. to make out (legal documents)

Conjugation

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

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

References

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  • “ezēbu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011