sebîšu
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Variant: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) šabîšu
Meanings:
seven times
de:German: Deutsch siebenmal
fr:French: Français sept fois
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Domain: Multiplicative numbers
Grammar:
pos: adv.Adverb, num.Numeralroot: sbʾIII/ʾ (tertiae ʾaleph)pattern: PaRaSadjective + -īAdverbial suffix -ī + -šuMultiplicative suffix -šu
Etymology: Derived ＜ sebē
3Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina danānišu? 7-šú u 7-šú nāra ibbir[m]a [ul utāršu...] Sakikkû XXIX 7 “when he (the patient?) becomes strong(?) (enough), seven times seven he crosses a river [a]nd [he does not turn back]”. Corresponds to 15–17 in Heeßel 2000. See also Sakikkû XXIX 8, 14, 21′(?) (18f., 30–33 in Heeßel 2000; for 21′ see Schmidtchen 2025, 183). new
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) pūtu [a]di 7-šú našâka SAA 8, 447 r. 1 SAAo “I guarantee it 7 times over!”
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) adi 7-šú lā tašâṭa ina muḫḫi ta-mu-at SAA 19, 6 r. 8 SAAo “don’t be negligent 7 times over (or) you will die because of it!”