abūbum
Akkadian
Etymology
Compare Arabic أُبَاب (ʾubāb, “billow”) and the developments under the root ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbuː.bum/
Noun
abūbum m (Babylonian)
- the Deluge, the Flood (as cosmic event or as personification of the ultimate wrath, destruction and aggressiveness)
- (mythology) the Deluge, the Flood (a monster with definite features)
- a destructive flood
- Synonym: (flood) 𒌓𒈿𒀀𒀭 (bibbulum)
Alternative forms
- abūbu (non-mimated)
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Related terms
- tīl abūbim (“hill or ruins made by the Deluge”)
References
- “abūbu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “abūbu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag