ḫalbum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === Possibly a West Semitic loanword. Compare Ugaritic 𐎃𐎍𐎁 (ḫlb /⁠ḫalbu⁠/, “massif, promontory”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈχal.bum/ === Noun === ḫalbum m (plural ḫalbū) (from Old Babylonian on) forest ==== Alternative forms ==== ḫalbu (non-mimated) === References === “ḫalbu”, 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), “ḫalbum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library Olmo Lete, Gregorio del with Sanmartín, Joaquín and Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2015), “ḫalbum”, in A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 112), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385