Name masculine. 1) "beast, mythical animal"; 2) "demon".
¶ Forms: plural dbbm.
1) Mythical beast: db bm d msdt arṣ beasts of the foundations of the earth, 1.4 I 39 (cf. Caquot - Sznycer Littératures anciennes du Proche-Orient. Textes Ougaritiques, II. Textes religieux. Rituels. Correspondance, Paris 1989, 196 n.q, 'rampant', Arabic dabba; differently: Margalit A Matter of 'Life' and 'Death'. A Study of the Baal-Mot Epic (CTA 4-5-6), 22 ,'effusion', Arabic ḏwb).
2) Demon: ydy dbbm d ġzr expulsion of the demons of the young (adolescent), 1.169:1 (differently: Del Olmo Canaanite Religion According to the Liturgical Texts of Ugarit 385 n.177: 'strength', Arabic ġazr, Avishur Ugarit-Forschungen 13 1981 17: 'enemy', / 'evil worlds', Akkadian dabābu; Aartun Ugarit-Forschungen 16 1984 10f.: 'hinterhältige Unternehmung', Arabic dabū; Caquot Caquot - Sznycer Littératures anciennes du Proche-Orient. Textes Ougaritiques, II. Textes religieux. Rituels. Correspondance, Paris 1989, 54, n.122: 'parole', Akkadian dabābu; cf. Dietrich - Loretz TUAT 2 335);
aphm kšpm dbbm ygrš and then may the wizards cast out the demons, 1.169:9 (differently: Caquot TOu 2 57 n.141: 'qui parlent'; Dietrich - Loretz TUAT 2 335: '(Beschwörungs)worte', cf. previous text for thsese and other translations;
in uncertain context: km l tudn dbbm kšpm (...) yšpk kmm arṣ kšpm dbbm just as the sorcerers do not listen to the demons... so the sorcerees spill to the ground the demons, Ras Shamra-Ougarit 14 52 [KTU 9.435]:9, 13 (differently Bordreuil - Pardee Ras Shamra-Ougarit 14 52 p. 389f., 391f.: 'tourmenteurs', dabābu).
