*dbb [#a48a8623] Name masculine. 1) "beast, mythical animal"; 2) "demon". -Arabc '''dabbab''', '''dubb''', '''dābbat''', Lane 841f.;~ Hebrew '''db''', '''The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament''' 207f.,;~ -cf. Dietrich-Loretz '''Ugarit-Forschungen''' 10 1978 62;~ Loletz-Xella MLE 1 38f.;~ Van Soldt '''Ugarit-Forschungen''' 21 1989 ((from here page 261 starts)) 369ff.; -cf. De Moor '''Ugarit-Forschungen''' 12 1980 430;~ ARTU 46: 'flying demon' / 'winged monster', Ugarit '''[[ḏbb]]''';~ survey: Wyatt RTU 422 n.2. ¶ 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''').
