kalbum

Akkadian

Root
k-l-b
1 term

From Proto-Semitic *kalb- (“dog”). Cognate with Arabic كَلْب (kalb) and Biblical Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kɛ́lɛḇ).

kalbum m (construct state kalab, plural kalbū, feminine kalbatum)

dog also as an invective
𒈪𒉡𒌝 𒋢𒉡𒈠 𒅗𒀠𒁍 [mīnum šunūma kalbū] ― mi-nu-um šu-nu-ma ka-al-bu ― What are they? (Nothing but) dogs!
dog figurine
(astronomy, with determinative 𒀯) Hercules (the constellation)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒌨𒂠 (UR.GI₇) 𒌨 (UR) (plural) 𒌨𒂠𒎌 (UR.GI₇.MEŠ) (constellation) 𒀯𒌨𒂠 (MUL.UR.GI₇)	𒅗𒀠𒁍𒌝 (ka-al-bu-um) 𒂵𒀠𒁍𒌝 (ka₃-al-bu-um) 𒅗𒀠𒁍 (ka-al-bu) 𒆗𒁍 (kal-bu) 𒃲𒅤 (kal₂-bum)

“kalbu”, 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) “kalbu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library