nabûm

Akkadian

Root
n-b-'
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic أَنْبَأَ (ʔanbaʔa, “to inform, announce”) and Biblical Hebrew נִבֵּא (nibbeʾ, “to prophesy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈbuːm/

Verb

nabûm (G, i, durative inabbi, perfect ittabi, preterite ibbi, imperative ibi) (Old Akkadian, Babylonian, Mari)

1. (with double accusative) to name, nominate
2. to invoke
3. to summon, call, appoint
4. to proclaim, command, make known

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		nabûm
Participle		nābûm
Adjective		nabûm
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		anabbi	attabi	abbi	lubbi
2.sg	m	tanabbi	tattabi	tabbi	nibi
	f	tanabbî	tattabî	tabbî	nibî
3.sg		inabbi	ittabi	ibbi	libbi
1.pl		ninabbi	nittabi	nibbi	i nibbi
2.pl		tanabbiā	tattabiā	tabbiā	nibiā
3.pl	m	inabbû	ittabû	ibbû	libbû
	f	inabbiā	ittabiā	ibbiā	libbiā

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

Alternative forms

• nabû (non-mimated)
• nabā'um (Old Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄷𒈿 (SA₄)	𒈾𒁍𒌑𒌝 (na-bu-u₂-um) 𒈾𒁍𒌑 (na-bu-u₂) 𒈾𒁍𒌋 (na-bu-u)

References

• “nabû A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “nabû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library