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
      𒂊𒍣𒅁 [ezib] ― e-zi-ib ― Never mind!
    2. to divorce
      𒁮 𒂊𒍣𒂊𒁍𒌝 [aššatam ezēbum] ― DAM e-ze-e-bu-um ― 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 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

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)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
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