ḫabinniš
2Sense
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina līti kišittišu ḫa-bi-in-niš qabê ina mimma šumšu šipir nikilti unūt tāḫazi mala bašû āla šuʾātu GN iṣabbatū MesCiv. 13, 1 15 eBL “will they by the might of his conquest, by talking secretly(?), by whatever deceit, by all available battle gear, take this city, GN?” new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ḫa-bi-niš MesCiv. 13, 6: 2 eBL. In broken context. new
Discussion
The translation “secretly” originally goes back to von Soden 1990 by comparison with Arabic ġabana “deception” (cf. De Biberstein Kazimirski 434). Durand 2009 suggests derivation from a Hurrian word ḫawi- “to speak”, but the term is attested only once and its meaning is unclear (cf. Richter 2012, 127 s.v. ḫa-WA-ʾà-a).