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