ṣabātu  [DAB : ]  (vb. a/a)

1) to seize, to grasp, to clasp, to grip, to clutch ; 2) to apprehend, to arrest, to capture , to catch , to take hold of , to confiscate / to commandeer / to requisition ; 3) to take upon oneself / to take charge of , to undertake , to take over / to take on / to take up ; 4) to conceive ; 5) to adopt ; ina libbi ṣabātu to plan 6) Gt : to wrestle ; 7) D : to fasten , to fix in place / to set / to affix ; 8) Š : to install , to put in place , to set up , to settle , to prepare , to make ready , to equip , to furnish , to provide with , to supply with , to provision ; Gt. to hold one another, wrestle ; to engage in litigation D = G ; to bind, set, enclose Dtn. to take possession repeatedly Š. to equip, provide ; to install, put in place ; to ignite ; to settle ; to make s.o. do sth., start to do sth. Št1. to be started (work) Št2. to gather up ; to get sth. ready ; to execute (a decision) N. to be seized ; to seize one another, litigate Nt = Gt Ntn. to be repeatedly in litigation

Cf. ṣābitu, ṣābitūtu, ṣābitānu, ṣabbutītu, ṣabtu, ṣibittu

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