ḫābilu I

REVIEW
Share this entry Download this entry as XML LAD ḫābilu I, https://lad.saw-leipzig.de/entry/LAD003471Click to copy
Variant: ḫabbilu, ḫēbilu+
Meanings:
wrong-doer, criminal
de:German: Deutsch Missetäter, Verbrecher
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: masc.Masculineroot: ḫblIIIpattern: PāRiSG-stem participle, PaRRiS
Etymology: Derived < ḫabālu II
6Attestations

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts râmī ša ṣēri ḫa-bi-i-lu literrūnimma AOAT 267, 192 i 11 (= ALL, 6) SEAL “my love of the steppe, may the criminals return (him) back to me!”

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts [ḫ]a-bi-li-iš dādīka lumšuḫ ALL, 11: 2 SEAL “I want to plunder your attractiveness like a [ro]bber”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina amāt eʾʾēli [...] ḫab-bi-li mukīl r[ēš lemuttim] MesCiv. 13, 1: 242 eBL “(may he be spared) from the word of the Binder, the Evil-doer, the Provider-of -evil”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša ḫe-bi-il₅ u ḫēbilti arnušu [t]uqatta BAM 12, 476: 43 eBL “as for the villain and the villainess, you complete their punishment”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šamaš ina šuškallika ḫa-bi-lu tasaḫḫap Rozzi 2021: 83 eBL “o Šamaš – you envelop the rogue in your net”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) nādin kaspi ana ṣibti (∥ šiddi) ḫa-bi-lu (∥ ḫab-bi-lu) mīnâ uttar Rozzi 2021: 103 eBL “what profit is there for the wrongdoer who lends money at interest (var. “sideways”?)”. new

Cross-References
CAD
Loading CAD entry…
AHw
Loading AHw entry…