šabīḫu
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Meanings:
layer of mist, shadow (?)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: šbḫIIIpattern: PaRīS
Etymology: Derived ＜ šabāḫu (?) Cf. Arab. šabaḥ “blurred, indistinct shape, apparition, ghost etc.” (Wehr 1985, 628).
1Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts ša ina ša-bi-ḫi-im ša bēlija tallika tarānim damqi ZA 110, 40 i 25 SEAL “you who went in my lord’s shadow(?), a fine protection”. Cf. Foster/George 2020, 51.