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dbb, dbbˀ (dḇāḇ, dḇāḇā) n.m. lawsuit
lawsuit (especially with dyn, dynˀ n.m. )
OAEast, OfAEg, Jud
NTA.1:11↗ mn | dbb ġ[...] mḥˀ | yd : whoever br[ings] a lawsuit shall be punished ; TAD B2.6 R.29↗ ולא דין ולא דבב‏ : without legal procedure or lawsuit ; TAD B2.8 R.7↗ לא אכהל אגרנכי דין ודבב‏ ; TAD B3.12 R.25↗ לא נכהל נרשנך דין ודבב בשם ביתא זנה‏ : we shall not be able to initiate a lawsuit on account of this house ; 5/6Hev 7..:21↗ ודין ודבב ומומא כלה לא איתי לירתי‏ : my heirs have no right at all of suit or oath ; 5/6Hev 7..:64↗ די לא דין ולא ד̇[בב‏
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OfA also with hypercorrection in זין וזבב
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See the discussion in AIOA p. 42 for the relationship with Akkadian. Note that with the exception of the broken OA context, only in the expression dyn wdbb, a semi-calque on Akkadian, and negated as lˀ dyn wlˀ dbb.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 276DNWSI: 237DJA: 41a

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