rubûm

From 𒃲 (rabûm, “to be big”). Cognate with Arabic رَبَا (rabā, “to grow, increase”) and Biblical Hebrew רָבָה (rɔḇɔ́, “to be great, increase”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ruˈbuːm/

rubûm m (base rubā, plural rubû) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. prince
2. (Old Assyrian) king, ruler
3. nobleman, important/influential person

• rubû (non-mimated)
• rubā'um, rubā'u (Old Assyrian, Middle Assyrian)

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