Zabibe (also transliterated Zabibi, Zabiba, Zabibah; akk, 𒍝𒁉𒁉𒂊 ''Zabibê'') was a queen of
Qedar
The Qedarites ( ar, قيدار, Qaydār) were a largely nomadic ancient Arab tribal confederation centred in the Wādī Sirḥān in the Syrian Desert. Attested from the 8th century BC, the Qedarites formed a powerful polity which expanded its ...
who reigned for five years between 738 and 733 BC. She was a vassal of
Tiglath-Pileser III,
king of Assyria
The king of Assyria (Akkadian: ''Išši'ak Aššur'', later ''šar māt Aššur'') was the ruler of the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom of Assyria, which was founded in the late 21st century BC and fell in the late 7th century BC. For much of its ear ...
, and is mentioned in the Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III among a list of monarchs who paid tribute to the king in 738 BC. The title accorded her is queen of the Aribi (
Arabs).
[Eph'al (1982): 83.] Israel Eph'al argues that, until the time of
Assurbanipal, the title "king or queen of the Arabs" in Assyrian manuscripts was a general one accorded to leaders of the
nomadic
Bedouin
The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu (; , singular ) are nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The Bedouin originated in the Syrian Desert and A ...
tribes of the
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
n desert.
[ So, he infers that Zabibe would have been properly titled "queen of the Qidri" (]Qedarites
The Qedarites ( ar, قيدار, Qaydār) were a largely nomadic ancient Arab people, Arab tribal confederation centred in the Wadi Sirhan, Wādī Sirḥān in the Syrian Desert. Attested from the 8th century BC, the Qedarites formed a powerful p ...
). Zabībah is an ancient Arabic name, likely derived from ''zabīb'' (''arabic: زبيب''), meaning " raisin".[Eph'al (1982): 82, n247.] She was succeeded by another queen, Samsi, who also reigned for five years.
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