dab [SEIZE]

(8723 instances)

dab [SEIZE] (8723x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian) wr. dab5; dab; dab5-dab5; dabx(|LAGAB×GUD|) "to seize, take, hold; to bind; to envelop, overwhelm; to choose (by extispicy); to accept; to take charge of" Akk. sahāpu; tamāhu; kamû; şabātu

See a'ur dab[hide], ĝiri dab[take to the road], ĝiri kur dab[take an unfamiliar path], haš dab[hold firmly], izi dab[light], šag dab[angry], šag dab[think], šu dab[capture], šukin dab[prostrate].

[1] cuneiform KU dab5
[2] cuneiform DIB dab (dib)
[3] cuneiform KU.KU dab5-dab5
[4] cuneiform |LAGAB×GUD| dabx(|LAGAB×GUD|)
+ -0 (7786x/89%); -ba (816x/9%); -be2 (117x/1%); -be (4x/0%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 146 7857 375
[2] 1 240 43
[3] 1 16 26
[4]

332 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to seize, take, hold (8723x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Sippar [[dab5#]] = = KU# = şa#-[ba-tu-um] MSL 14, 122-127 09 274; [[dab5#]] = = = ka-mu-[u2]-um MSL 14, 122-127 09 275; [[dab5#]] = = = ba-ru-u2-um MSL 14, 122-127 09 276; [[dab5#]] = = = ka-lu-u2-um MSL 14, 122-127 09 277; [[dib]] = = = ku-u2-ul-lum MSL 14, 122-127 09 292. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu2 dab-ba = şa-ab-tum OB Lu-Azlag A 377; lu2 dab-ba = ka-mu-u2 OB Lu-Azlag A 378; lu2 dab5-ba# = şa-ab-tum# lu2-azlag B and C Seg.7, 6; [lu2] dab5#-ba# = ka#-mu#-um# lu2-azlag B and C Seg.7, 7; lu2# dub3 dab = şu2-ub-bu-tum lu2-azlag B and C Seg.10, 13. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu e-dab5 VAT 4459 r vi 1; lu2 šuku dab5-ba VS 14, 061 o i 2; ba-dab5-ba-a VS 14, 070 r i 4. ELA/ED IIIb/Nippur al-[dab5?]-a TMH 5, 110 9; šuku-še3 an-dab5 TMH 5, 124 o iv 2; i3-dab5-ba-a TMH 5, 222 10; an-dab5 OSP 1, 048 3. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown ziz2-ba lu2 šuku* dab5-ba Nik 1, 013 r vi 3; lu2 šuku dab5-ba me Nik 1, 016 o v 2; e-dab5 Nik 1, 030 r iv 3. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab [i3]-dab5 Adab 0705 r ii 4; nig2 u4 dab5-ba-še3 Adab 1034 2; i3-dab5 Adab 1087 4. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu al-la ra2-gaba i3-dab5 ITT 5, 06712 2; ur-dun kurušda i3-dab5 RTC 264 r ii 4; i3-dab5 TLB 3, 002 2. ELA/Old Akkadian/Lagash i3-dab5 BM 026839 2; i3-dab5 BM 026890 1. ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur mu en den-lil2 maš2#-e ib2-[dab5-ba] TMH 5, 007 r iv 9; ab-dab5 OSP 2, 049 o ii 7; i3-dab5-dab5-[ba]-a OSP 2, 135 7; ugula-e2 dab5-[ba] OSP 2, 162 5. ELA/Old Akkadian/Umma 2(geš2) urudunig2-gul dab5-ba BIN 08, 332 1; nig2-gul dab5!-ba-am3 Nik 2, 061 1; i3-dab5 USP 53 4. ELA/Old Akkadian/unclear lu2 geš-erin2 dab5-ba-am3 MC 4, 61 11. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown tu#-tu# i3-dab5 OIP 014, 193 2; tu#-tu# i3-dab5 OIP 014, 193 2; i3-dab5 MAD 1, 305 2; i3-dab5 WO 13, 09 2. ELA/Lagash II/Girsu lu2#-sa6-sa6 i3-dab5# MVN 06, 388 12; kurušda-e i3-dab5 MVN 07, 523 3. ELA/Lagash II/unclear lu2 dab5-ba-me DCS 59 3. ELA/Ur III/Drehem na-sa6 i3-dab5 Aegyptus 17, 55, 088 4; i3-dab5 Aegyptus 17, 56, 101 1; na-sa6 i3-dab5 Aegyptus 17, 57, 103 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu lu2-zah3 dab5-dab5-me AAS 176 1; ur-ba-gara2 i3-dab5 AAS 180 3; erin2 nu-dab5-me AAS 186 r ii 6. ELA/Ur III/Lagash šu-ddumu-zi lu2 zah3 dab5-de3 gen-na Rochester 152 2. ELA/Ur III/Nippur dingir-hi-ir i3-dab5 AUCT 3, 403 1; [x]-bi? hu!-wa-wa i3-dab5? BE 03/1, 021 10; [mu ...] dab [...] BE 03/1, 028 2. ELA/Ur III/Susa i3-dab5 MDP 28, 071 454 4. ELA/Ur III/Umm al-Hafriyat A2-pil-la-tum i3-dab5 Ontario 2, 674 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma i3-dab5 AAS 016 5; lu2 didli dab5-dab5-ba-me AAS 017 5; ba-sa6 i3-dab5 AAS 040 4. ELA/Ur III/Ur a2-bi2-li2-a i3-dab5 MVN 02, 167 5; nu-ur2-i3-li2 i3-dab5 MVN 13, 453 2; i3-dab5 SET 254 4. ELA/Ur III/unclear gu-za-ni i3-dab5 AAS 179 3; gu4 i3-dab5 Aegyptus 26, 158 5 2; i3-dab5 AR RIM 04 21 4. ELA/Ur III/unknown i3-dab5 MVN 13, 877 2; a2-bi2-la-tum i3-dab5 Torun "3" 10. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/Nippur i3-si-inki ba-dab-ba OB Contracts, pl. B3 no. 9 12; i3-si-inki ba-dab-ba SAOC 44, 11 28. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown mu elam ša3 uri5!(UNUG)ki-ma tuš-a ba-dab5 BIN 09, 065 4; mu us2-sa elam uri5ki-ma ba-dab5 BIN 09, 119 3; mu elam ša3 uri5ki-ma tuš-a ba-dab5 BIN 09, 123 3. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[dab5]] = da-ab = KU = şa-ba-tum JCS 04, 75-76 31; [[dab5]] = = = ku-ul-lum JCS 04, 75-76 32; [[dab5]] = = = ka-a-mu-u2-um JCS 04, 75-76 34. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu lu2 šuku dab5-ba me DP 116 o i 12; lu2 šuku dab5-ba me DP 116 o v 19; lu2 šuku dab5-ba me DP 130 r iv 8. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur šu-dab5 OSP 1, 025 r i 2; an#-dab5 OSP 1, 133 o i 3; an#-dab5 OSP 1, 133 o ii 3; ama-lu5 al-dab5 ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism xiv 12; šu-ni nam-ma-dab5-[dab5] ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism xvi 9; [x] GA2 dab5 x ma-da ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism xx 4. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown lu2 šuku dab5-ba me HSS 03, 05 r iii 10; še#-ba# lu2 šuku dab5-ba HSS 03, 06 r vi 3; lu2 šuku dab5-ba HSS 03, 07 r vii 3. unknown/Old Akkadian/Adab i3-dab5-eš2 OIP 014, 090 4; i3-dab5 OIP 014, 099 3; i3-dab5 OIP 014, 120 2. unknown/Old Akkadian/Girsu si-du3 kurušda i3-dab5 ITT 2, 03160 o ii 4; i3-dab5 ITT 2, 05699 5; kig2 dab5-ba-am3 ITT 2, 05775 4. unknown/Old Akkadian/Isin in-dab5-ba-a MVN 03, 001 r i 10; in-dab5-ba-a MVN 03, 001 r ii 4. unknown/Old Akkadian/unclear an-dab5 BIN 08, 036 o i 6. unknown/Old Akkadian/unknown a-ša3 dab5-ba CST 018 4; i3-dab5-e JANES 12, p. 42 8; gu4 dab5-ba-na-kam MVN 03, 034 1; GAN2 šuku dab5-ba še mu2-a gid2-da PBS 09, 025 24; 2(aš@c) pisan gazi!? lu2 a-ga-[de3]ki-ke4-ne i3-dab5-eš2-[a] ITT 2, 04690 r i 4. unknown/Ur III/Drehem ab-ba-sa6-ga i3-dab5 Akkadica 78, 11 10; dšara2-a-mu i3-dab5 Aleppo 226 1; da-da-ga i3-dab5 Aleppo 269 4. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 1(aš@c) lu2-dingir-ra sila-a dab5-ba ASJ 11, 129 59 5; [x] x-a dab5-ba-ta ASJ 11, 135 63 r ii 1; nu-dab5 giri3-se3-ga e2 dx-KA-ta gur-ra-me ASJ 11, 135 63 o ii 5. unknown/Ur III/Nippur ŠU+LAGAB 4(bur3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 šuku dab5-[ba] ASJ 11, 311 r iii 1; a-hu-a-ti i3-dab5 BBVO 11, 281, 6N-T426 6; 1(ban2) dumu e-dab?-ba BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 o ii 5; lu2-dnin-šubur sipa i3-dab5 AAICAB 1/1, pl. 057, 1924-0479 1. unknown/Ur III/Umma i3-dab5 Aleppo 231 5; engar apin tuku ib2-dab5 AR RIM 07 10 r iv 6; nar i3-dab5 ASJ 15, 077 3 4. unknown/Ur III/Ur 6(diš) gešig dab SNAT 534 1; šeš-zi-mu i3-dab5 SAT 2, 0163 4; i3-dab5 SAT 3, 2012 2; nar-zi-la nu-dab5-ta SAT 3, 2019 2. unknown/Ur III/unclear uš-mu i3-dab5 DoCu 170 6; mu dnanna ga-eš e2-a ba-dab5 DoCu 250 2; i3-dab5 Princeton 1, 008 3; a#-tu i3-[dab5] AAICAB 1/1, pl. 071, 1924-0676 r i 1; a-tu i3-dab5 AAICAB 1/1, pl. 071, 1924-0676 r ii 6; ur-dnanše dumu dab5 lu2-dna-ru2-a-ka-ra TCS 1, 048 3. unknown/Ur III/unknown tug2-ba geme2 guruš geštukul-e dab5-ba MVN 15, 385 2'. unknown/Old Babylonian/Nippur mu-un-dab-ba SAOC 44, 01 39; ba-an-dab SAOC 44, 18 24; ba-dab SAOC 44, 21 23; geš-šub-ba-ta in-[dab-be2-eš] SAOC 44, 35 11. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown mu ki 2(u) 3(diš)!?-[kam] [dri]-im#-dsin [lugal-e] [i3]-si#-inki ba-dab# 12N-676 8; x-x-tu#-ri dab-be? SAOC 44, 49 7; i3-si-inki ba-dab SAOC 44, 17 29; i3-si-inki dab-ba IM 058389a 15; ba-an-dab UET 5, 191 55; di-da ba-an-dab5! UET 5, 203 16; in-dab5 UET 5, 203 6.

See: dud kud dab; niĝ dab.

2. to bind

3. to envelop, overwhelm

4. to choose (by extispicy)

5. to accept

6. to take charge of

Akk. sahāpu "to envelop, overwhelm"; tamāhu; kamû "to grasp"; şabātu "to seize, take; hold".

[1999] E. Flückiger-Hawker, Urnamma 171-172.

[1995] W. Heimpel, BSA 8 119-120.

[1995] W. Sallaberger, BiOr 52 444.

[1993] A. Cavigneaux and F. Alrawi, ZA 83 185; 186.

[1992] M. Sigrist, Drehem 94; 103.

[1976] K. Maekawa, RA 70 16.

See ETCSL: dab5=to seize; dab5=to seize.

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