abāru III
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Meanings:
to embrace, to encompass
de:German: Deutsch umarmen, umspannen
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbstem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
Etymology: Sem.Semitic
1DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive): Transf. meaning "to accuse, denounce s.o."
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ṣāltumma ... mašīssu iḫassasamma amēlu ub-bar (∥ ubbat) Counsels of Wisdom: 41 eBL “strife ... forgotten by him, a man will remember and thus will make accusations (∥ destroy)”. Note the var. ub-bat, supposedly a D-stem pres. form of abātu I “to destroy.”