rabābu II
HAPAXHapax legomenon: this word is attested only onceNEWNot documented in AHw or CADREVIEW
Meanings:
to be(come) numerous
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: rbbII/gem (mediae geminatae)
Etymology: Amor.Amorite
1Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ra-ab-bu bajjārū waṣûšu kīma serrām[i]m pê ṣērūm šīram īkulū mutūšu Zimrī-Līm Epic iii 11 SEAL “a great many (men) were the hunters which went out with him (and thus,) like the onager (has) straw in the steppe, his men were eating meat”. Diff. SEAL (“He goes out (to the ambush with) the great hunters”) treating rabbū (stative pl.) as if used attributively. new
Discussion
Cf. the Amorite tribe Rababu (Stol 2006).