erbet

erbet

Akkadian

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Cardinal: erbet, erbetti     Ordinal: rebûm     Multiplier: erbîšu     Fractional: rebiat

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕ- (“four”). Cognate with Arabic أَرْبَعَة‎ (ʾarbaʿa) and Biblical Hebrew אַרְבָּעָה‎ (ʔarbɔʕɔ́).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈer.bet/

Numeral

erbet m (feminine absolute erbe or erba, masculine free form erbettum, feminine free form erbûm)

1. four, 4

Alternative forms

• erbetti

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒐉 (LIMMU₅) 𒐼 (LIMMU) 𒐂 (LIMMU₂)	𒅕𒁁𒀉 (er-be-et) 𒅕𒂍 (er-bit)

References

• “erbe”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

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Verb

erbet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of erben