ezēbum

ezēbum

Akkadian

Root
'-z-b
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕazab- (“to leave, forsake”). Cognate with Arabic عَزَبَ‎ (ʿazaba, “to be far; to escape”) and Biblical Hebrew עָזַב‎ (ʕɔzáḇ, “to leave”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /eˈzeː.bum/

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
   2. to divorce

      𒁮 𒂊𒍣𒂊𒁍𒌝 ― DAM e-ze-e-bu-um /aššatam ezēbum/ ― to get divorced (literally, “to leave a wife”)

2. to entrust, leave (with someone)
   1. to lend money
3. to make out (legal documents)

Inflection

Conjugation
Infinitive		ezēbum
Participle		ēzibum
Adjective		ezbum
Active		Durative	Preterite	Perfect	Imperative
1.sg		ezzib	ēzib	ētezib	lūzib
2.sg	m	tezzib	tēzib	tētezib	ezib
	f	tezzibī	tēzibī	tētezbī	ezbī
3.sg		izzib	īzib	ītezib	līzib
1.pl		nizzib	nīzib	nītezib	i nīzib
2.pl		tezzibā	tēzibā	tētezbā	ezbā
3.pl	m	izzibū	īzibū	ītezbū	līzibū
	f	izzibā	īzibā	ītezbā	līzibā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• ezēbu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋺 (TAK₄)	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), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011