libbu  [ŠÀ : ]  (n. ; st. constr. libbi)

[Human → Body]

1) the heart ; libbu patû : "to open the heart" / to unburden the heart , to give satisfaction ; 2) courage
libbu rašû : to muster courage ; 3) the stomach / belly / tummy ; 4) wish , mind , morale / determination ; 5) the center , the inside
ina libbi inside, among, in, for, on behalf of ; ina/issu libbīšunu from (among) them ; ina libbi GN in GN ; ammar illibbīni all that was in it ; issu libbi GN from GN ; note also : ina libbi inside (adverb) ;

Cf. rāš libbi, libbu nuāḫu, libbu šapālu

See also : malê irti, qardu

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