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*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)