ṣabātum

Akkadian

Root
ṣ-b-t
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣbṭ- (“to seize, take hold of, catch”). Compare Arabic ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa, “to take, hold”) and Biblical Hebrew צָבַט (ṣɔḇáṭ, “to reach, hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /sˤaˈbaː.tum/

Verb

ṣabātum (class a) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to seize, take hold of, arrest, capture

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		ṣabātum
Participle		ṣābitum
Adjective		ṣabtum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		aṣabbat	aṣṣabat	aṣbat	luṣbat
2.sg	m	taṣabbat	taṣṣabat	taṣbat	ṣabat
	f	taṣabbatī	taṣṣabtī	taṣbatī	ṣabtī
3.sg		iṣabbat	iṣṣabat	iṣbat	liṣbat
1.pl		niṣabbat	niṣṣabat	niṣbat	i niṣbat
2.pl		taṣabbatā	taṣṣabtā	taṣbatā	ṣabtā
3.pl	m	iṣabbatū	iṣṣabtū	iṣbatū	liṣbatū
	f	iṣabbatā	iṣṣabtā	iṣbatā	liṣbatā

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

Alternative forms

• ṣabātu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁳 (DAB, DIB)	𒍝𒁀𒌈 (ṣa-ba-tum)

Related terms

• pānam ṣabātum (“to lead”)
• ṭēmam ṣabātum (“to take action”)

References

• “ṣabātu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns