*ŝₓVbay(-at)- - kind of insect (SED II No. 218)

Akkadian

šubabītu - an insect; larva (CAD Š₃ 168, AHw. 1256)

Var. šupapītu, ušpapītu. SB. Scarcely attested in lexical lists.

Hebrew

šībay - a species of spider (Jastrow 1556)

pB.

Arabic

šabāt- - scorpion (newly hatched); young scorpion (BK 1 1188, Lane 1501, LA XIV 420)

Cf. also šawšab- ‘louse; scorpion’ (BK 1 1226, Nöldeke 1904 123)