šēlebum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab- (“fox”). Cognate with Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab) and Biblical Hebrew שׁוּעָל (šuʕɔ́l). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃeː.le.bum/ === Noun === šēlebum m (plural šēlebū) (from Old Akkadian on) fox an unidentified star a kind of fish a kind of bird or locust ==== Alternative forms ==== šēlebu (non-mimated) šellebu šēlubu (Assyrian) === References === “šēlebu”, 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), “šēlebu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library