dabābu II
1 Lexical
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ina DU₁₁.DU₁₁-šúda-⸢ba⸣-bi-šú ittene[prikku šuparkû ? :] baṭālu CunMon. 49/2, 107 r. 1f. “(his) mouth keeps f[ailing] while he speaks [(meaning) to allow to cease(?) (meaning also)] to cease”. Commentary Sakikkû III 46. new
41. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ēkallum jâti i-da-ba-ba-ni VS 26, 56: 28 “the palace is arguing with me(?)”. cf. GOA § 6.4.1.1 on atawwu. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) a-du-ub-bu-šum ARM 26/2, 254 no. 402: 28 ARCHIBAB “I said to him”. unusual form of the preterite, cf. Joannès ib. p. 255 e.
MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ana pan PN dajjāni id-bu-bu-ma MBLET, 9: 5 “they argued their case before PN, the judge”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) PN … dabāb lā kītti id-bu-ub RINAP 2, 451: 36 RINAP “PN … gave false report”. See similar RINAP 2, 453: 59.
32. GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative)
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative) ammīni atwâša lā tagmurma i-da-na-ba-ab AbB 7, 20: 11 ARCHIBAB “why haven’t you settled her matter? She complains all the time!” note a instead of u in the last syllable.
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative) ṭapāltīja ta-ad-da-na-bu-bi AbB 5, 138: 5 ARCHIBAB “you are constantly speaking scornfully of me”.
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative) ti-da-ab-ba-a[b?] AML, 141: 70 SEAL “talk repeatedly!” new
43. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ana bīt kārim ušēribūni ú-dá-bi-bu-ni umma šunūma VS 26, 56: 5 “they made me enter the bīt kārim (and) called me to account, saying (…)”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) kajjān ú-da-ab-ba-ba-ni Shemshara 1, 38: 7 ARCHIBAB “he is constantly bothering me”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) OB kīma du-ub-bu-ba-at īdēma Sumer 14, 26: 5 ARCHIBAB “I know that the suit has been brought”. See Goetze 1958, 51f.
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) du-bu-ub-šu lā tamaṭṭī AbB 13, 114: 31 ARCHIBAB “do not stop complaining (against) him!” see Streck 1997, 144.
14. ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem) āšipu ú-šad-bab-šú-ma ša ú-šad-ba-bu-šú iqabbi enūma undešširušu ša idbubu lā īdu Sakikkû XXVI 18′ “(if) the incantation expert makes him speak, and (the patient) repeats what he made him say, (but) when (this fit) leaves him, he no longer knows what he said”. Corresponds to 22′–25′ in Heeßel 2000. See similar Sakikkû XXVI 47′ (64′f. in Heeßel 2000) (followed by lā ippal). new
15. NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) N+N-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) perku itti PN ina panī bēlija id-da-bu-u[b] mamma perku ina panī bēlija ittīšu lā i-dab-bu-ub CT 22, 210: 8 “Slander is spoken against PN before my lord. Nobody shall speak slander against him before my lord!”
Discussion
The Gt-stem is not attested (see Streck 2003, 80).
On the D-stem in general see Kouwenberg 1997, 100.
On the Š-stem in sinništam šudbubu “to make a woman talk (in her sleep?)” see Reiner 1990 and Durand 2001, 128.
See SAD D 1f.