sebet

sebet

Akkadian

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Cardinal: sebet, sebetti     Ordinal: sebûm     Multiplier: sebîšu     Fractional: sebiat

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šabʕ- (“seven”). Cognate with Arabic سَبْعَة‎ (sabʿa) and Biblical Hebrew שִׁבְעָה‎ (šiḇʿɔ).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

sebet m (feminine absolute sebe, masculine free form sebettum, feminine free form sebûm)

1. seven, 7

   𒋛𒁉𒀉 𒌓𒈪𒅎 𒅇 𒋛𒁉 𒈬𒅆𒀀𒁴

   se-bi-it UD-mi-im u₃ se-bi mu-ši-a-tim

   /sebet ūmim u sebe mushiātim/

   seven days and seven nights

Alternative forms

• sebetti

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒐌 (IMIN)	𒋛𒁉𒀉 (se-bi-it) 𒋛𒁉𒂊𒀉 (se-be₂-e-et)

References

• “sebe”, 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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Hungarian

Etymology

seb +‎ -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛbɛt]
• Hyphenation: se‧bet

Noun

sebet

1. accusative singular of seb