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