wabālum

Akkadian
Root
w-b-l
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *wabal- (to carry). Cognate with Arabic وَبَلَ‎ (wabala, “to carry much rain”) and Biblical Hebrew הוֹבִיל‎ (hoḇil, “to lead, transport”).

Pronunciation

Verb

wabālum (G, a-i, durative ubbal, perfect ittabal or itbal, preterite ubil, imperative bil) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1.  to bring, transport
  2. to carry (things, animals, people; life, prosperity; messages, dreams)
    𒉺𒈾𒄠 𒉿𒁀𒈝 [pānam wabālum] ― pa-na-am wa-ba-lum ― to forgive (literally, “to carry the face”)
    𒌒𒇴 𒉺𒉌𒅀 [ublam pānīya!] ― ub-lam pa-ni-ia ― forgive me!
  3. to carry off, sweep away
  4. to fetch (a price), be worth
  5. (mathematics) to multiply

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive wabālum
Participle wābilum
Adjective wablum
Active Durative Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg ubbal ubil attabal lubil
2.sg m tubbal tubil tattabal bil
f tubbalī tublī tattablī bilī
3.sg ubbal ubil ittabal libil
1.pl nubbal nubil nittabal i nibil
2.pl tubbalā tublā tattablā bilā
3.pl m ubbalū ublū ittablū liblū
f ubbalā ublā ittablā liblā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
  • wabālu (non-mimated)
  • babālum (Old Babylonian)
  • abālu (Standard Babylonian)
  • ubālu (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒉐 (TUM₃)
  • 𒁺 (TUM₂) (Old Babylonian, mathematics)
  • 𒁀𒁀𒇻𒌝 (ba-ba-lu-um)
  • 𒁀𒁀𒈝 (ba-ba-lum)
  • 𒁀𒁀𒇻 (ba-ba-lu)
  • 𒀀𒁀𒈝 (a-ba-lum)
  • 𒀀𒁀𒇻 (a-ba-lu)

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