ṣābum

From Proto-Semitic *ṣābaʾ-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew צָבָא (ṣɔḇɔ́ʔ, “an army, a multitude of people”) and Ugaritic 𐎕𐎁𐎜 (ṣbủ).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈsˤaː.bum/

ṣābum m (construct state ṣāb or ṣābi, plural ṣābū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. worker, soldier
2. (collective) gang, army, troop, people, population

   𒉺𒉌 𒍝𒁉𒅎 𒍢𒄴𒊑𒅎 𒊍𒁁

   [pānī ṣābim ṣeḫrim aṣbat]

   pa-ni ṣa-bi-im ṣe-eḫ-ri-im aṣ-bat

   I led a small gang.

• ṣābu (non-mimated)
• ṣabûm (Mari)
• ṣabbu (Neo-Babylonian)

• “ṣābu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ṣābu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library