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Akkadian libbu in Talmud (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Mesopotamian loanwords in Aramaic 11 Language, communication, libraries and education 11.01 Imperial languages 11.01.05 Shared linguistic items and features 11.01.05.05 Mesopotamian loanwords 11.01.05.05.01 Mesopotamian loanwords in Aramaic	Keywords Aramaic language Jews medicine naming
Period No period specified	Channel Jewish philosophers and scholars

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The term lybˀ in Talmud means not only ‘heart’ but, like Akkadian libbu, can refer to the entire abdominal region of the body. The sickness called ṣrḥˀ dlybˀ corresponds exactly to Akkadian ṣirih libbi ‘inflammation’.

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Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 69b

Bibliography

Geller 2000, 26

Geller, Mark J. “An Akkadian Vademecum in the Babylonian Talmud.” In: S. Kottek and M. Horstmanshoff (eds.). From Athens to Jerusalem. Medicine in Hellenized Jewish Lore and in Early Christian Literature. Rotterdam: Erasmus Publishing 2000, 13-32.

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