hab [MALODOROUS] (V/i)

138 instances

hab [MALODOROUS] V/i (138x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. ḫab₂; ḫab; ḫub₂; ḫabsar; ŋeššimḫab; ḫabḫa-absar; ḫa-ab; ḫab-ḫab; ḫab₂-ḫab₂; ḫab₂mušen; ḫab₂sar; ḫa-abḫab "(to be) malodorous, fetid; (to be) redolent; (to be) dark or stained; (to be) bittersweet; malodorous aromatic tree or shrub?"

[1]𒇥ḫab₂
[2]𒆸ḫab
[3]𒄸ḫub₂
[4]𒆸𒊬ḫabsar
[5]𒄑𒋆𒆸ŋeššimḫab
[6]𒆸𒄩𒀊𒊬ḫabḫa-absar
[7]𒄩𒀊ḫa-ab
[8]𒆸𒆸ḫab-ḫab
[9]𒇥𒇥ḫab₂-ḫab₂
[10]𒇥𒄷ḫab₂mušen
[11]𒇥𒊬ḫab₂sar
[12]𒄩𒀊𒆸ḫa-abḫab
+--ba=b.a (33x/24%).
PCED IIIaED IIIbEblaOAkkLag IIUr IIIOBPost-OB(unknown)
[1]19215222
[2]225
[3]9
[4]31
[5]3
[6]11
[7]1
[8]1
[9]1
[10]1
[11]1
[12]1

23 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/1%)

Old Akkadian (9x/7%)

Lagash II (2x/1%)

Ur III (1x/1%)

Old Babylonian (59x/43%)

Middle Assyrian (10x/7%)

Middle Babylonian (14x/10%)

Neo-Assyrian (34x/25%)

Neo-Babylonian (4x/3%)

Hellenistic (2x/1%)

unknown (2x/1%)

Verbal prefixes:V; al; mu.i; nu.al; nu.ni; u.

Senses:

1. (to be) malodorous, fetid (135x/98%)

2. (to be) redolent

3. (to be) dark or stained

4. (to be) bittersweet

5. malodorous aromatic tree or shrub? [N] (3x/2%)

Akk. alappānu; bīšu; ekēlu; happu.

Bibliography

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 550.

[1987] M. Powell, BSA 3 148.

[1981] P. Steinkeller, ZA 71 26-28.

Word ID: o0029819; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0029819; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)