hab [MALODOROUS]

hab [MALODOROUS] (41x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian, unknown) wr. hab₂; hab "(to be) malodorous, fetid; (to be) redolent; (to be) dark or stained; (to be) bittersweet" Akk. alappānu; bīšu; ekēlu; happu

[1]		hab₂
[2]		hab
+	-0 (26x/63%); -ba (15x/37%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		2	14	19			4
[2]				1

12 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) malodorous, fetid (41x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[hab₂]] = ha-ab = LAGAB×U = bi-i-šum OB Aa 34:1. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu₂ gig hab₂ = ša ga-ra-bi OB Lu-Azlag A 397. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown 1(aš@c) hab₂^*-ba Nik 1, 019 o i 1. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 1(diš) 1/2(diš) kuš gu₄ hab₂ ITT 3, 04901 1; 3(geš₂) kuš gu₄ hab₂ ak ITT 3, 05594 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) 1/2(diš) kuš gu₄ hab₂ CTNMC 30 3; 1/2(diš) kuš udu hab₂ JCS 13, 013 3; [...] 3(diš) kuš gu₄ hab₂ MVN 08, 243 1; 1(diš) kuš gu₄ hab₂ MVN 08, 243 1; 1/2(diš) kuš gu₄ hab₂ MVN 14, 0327 1; 2(diš) kuš gu₄ hab₂-[bi] Syracuse 489 7. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown 2(diš) kuš maš₂ gal u₃-hab₂ BIN 09, 187 4. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown ka hab₂ = pu-u₂ bi-šu MSLSSI, 17-27 iii 46. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu i₃-hab₂-še₃ e-ak 4(AŠ×DIŠ@t) DP 331 r i 2. unknown/Old Akkadian/unknown 1(aš@c) dug ku₆ hab₂ Bridges p. 459 o ii 11. unknown/Ur III/Umma 1/3(diš) kuš gu₄ hab₂ Princeton 1, 141 1; 1/3(diš) kuš gu₄ hab₂ Princeton 1, 141 7; 2(u) 8(diš) ma-na 4(diš) [gin₂^?] hab₂ UTI 5, 3419 4; 2(diš) ^gihal-gid₂-da kuš udu^# hab₂^#-bi 1(diš)-am₃ UTI 6, 3504 13; 1(u) 3(diš) kuš gu₄ hab₂ SAT 2, 0251 1.

~ kud[fish]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur al-hab₂-ba ku₆ OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 65'.

See: a hab; adar hab; dida hab; i hab; im hab; kiri hab; uzu hab.

2. (to be) redolent

3. (to be) dark or stained

4. (to be) bittersweet

Akk. alappānu "sweet pomegranate; (a sweet beer)"; bīšu "bad"; ekēlu "to be(come) dark"; happu "stinking, fetid".

[1987] M. Powell, BSA 3 148.

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

See ETCSL: hab₂=to stink.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.