abābu I (?)
DISDis legomenon: this word is attested only twiceNEWNot documented in AHw or CADREVIEW
Alternative Reading: ababu
Meanings:
(a disease affecting the skin)
de:German: Deutsch (eine die Haut betreffende Krankheit)
fr:French: Français (une maladie de la peau)
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Domain: Illness, disease
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: ʾbbI/ʾ; I/e; II/gem (primae ʾaleph, mediae geminatae)pattern: PaRāSinfinitive (?)
Etymology: Uncertain Perhaps related to abābu II.
2Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [šumma ina lakû]tišu laqišma* lā ikkalšu a-ba-bu [šum]šu Sakikkû XXXIII 47 “[if it (the lesion?)] is proliferating(?) [in(?)] his childhood(?) but it does not hurt him – a . is its [name]”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [šumma simmu šikinšu?] nabiʾma lā ikkalšu a-ba-bu [šum]šu Sakikkû XXXIII 48 “[if the characteristic of a lesion is (that it)] is weeping(?) but it does not hurt him – abābu is its [name]”. new