wabālum

Akkadian

Root
w-b-l
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *wabal- (to carry). Cognate with Arabic وَبَلَ (wabala, to carry much rain) and Biblical Hebrew הוֹבִיל (hoḇil, to lead, transport).

Pronunciation

Verb

wabālum (G, a-i, durative ubbal, perfect ittabal, preterite ubil, imperative bil) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to bring, transport
  2. to carry (things, animals, people; life, prosperity; messages, dreams)
    𒉺𒈾𒄠 𒉿𒁀𒈝 [pānam wabālum]pa-na-am wa-ba-lumto forgive (literally, “to carry the face”)
    𒌒𒇴 𒉺𒉌𒅀 [ublam pānīya!]ub-lam pa-ni-iaforgive me!
  3. to carry off, sweep away
  4. to fetch (a price), be worth
  5. (mathematics) to multiply

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive wabālum
Participle wābilum
Adjective wablum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg ubbal attabal ubil lubil
2.sg m tubbal tattabal tubil bil
f tubbalī tattablī tublī bilī
3.sg ubbal ittabal ubil libil
1.pl nubbal nittabal nubil i nibil
2.pl tubbalā tattablā tublā bilā
3.pl m ubbalū ittablū ublū liblū
f ubbalā ittablā ublā liblā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒉐 (TUM₃)
  • (Old Babylonian, mathematics) 𒁺 (TUM₂)
  • 𒁀𒁀𒇻𒌝 (ba-ba-lu-um)
  • 𒁀𒁀𒈝 (ba-ba-lum)
  • 𒁀𒁀𒇻 (ba-ba-lu)
  • 𒀀𒁀𒈝 (a-ba-lum)
  • 𒀀𒁀𒇻 (a-ba-lu)

References