rabûm

Akkadian

Root
r-b-y
1 term

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /raˈbuːm/

Adjective

rabûm (feminine rabītum, masculine plural rabûtum, feminine plural rabiātum, predicative rabi) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. verbal adjective of rabûm:
   1. big, large

      𒀊𒉡𒌝 𒊏𒁉𒌈 𒄿𒍝𒀭𒉡𒌦

      [abnum rabītum izannun]

      ab-nu-um ra-bi-tum i-za-an-nu-un

      large stones will hail down

   2. main, principal
   3. old, adult

      𒌉 𒅇 𒃲 [ṣeḫer u rabi] ― TUR u₃ GAL ― young and old

   4. great, noble, important (person)

   Antonym: 𒌉 (ṣeḫrum)

Alternative forms

• rabû (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒃲 (GAL) 𒄖𒆷 (GU.LA)	𒊏𒁍𒌑𒌝 (ra-bu-u₂-um) 𒊏𒁍𒌝 (ra-bu-um) 𒊏𒁍𒌑 (ra-bu-u₂) 𒊏𒁍𒌋 (ra-bu-u)

References

• “rabû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “rabû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag