bēlānu
81. Ina bēlāni "by force"
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) šumma awīlum ina ⸢be!⸣-la-a-ni eleppam lā šattam iṣṣabat LE, §6 A i 27 “if a man by force seizes a boat which does not belong to him”.
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) ina be-la-nim FM 9, 151 no. 32: 12 ARCHIBAB. (in broken context).
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) inanna ina mīnim qišti GN ana PN ittūr bēlī ina be-la-nim qišti GN ana PN ittadin FM 8, 40 no. 3: 27 ARCHIBAB “now, why has the forest of GN returned to PN? My lord has given the forest of GN to PN by force”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina GN [PN] ina be-la-nim iklûma ARM 1, 91: 4' ARCHIBAB “they kept [PN] in GN by force”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) bēlī idninamma ina be-la-ni ušēṣûninnima attalkam ARM 26/2, 436 no. n. b M.8512 14 ARCHIBAB “my lord pressed me and they drove me out by force and I went away”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) assurri bēlī kêm i[qabbī] ummami ina be-la-ni u[šadbabš]unūti mimma ul uš[ad]ba[bšunūti] šunuma idabbubū ARM 26/1, 435 no. 207: 36 ARCHIBAB “I am afraid my lord will s[ay]: ‘She [makes] them [speak] by force.’ I absolutely do not make [them sp]eak. They speak by themselves”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ḫiblātika ša ina bé-la-nu-um ukallu luwaššerakkum ARM 26/2, 280 no. 410: 16' ARCHIBAB “I will release to you your losses that I am keeping by force”. with locative ending: bēlānūm. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) kīma ina be-la-ni nīš ilim [lā] ušazkir[ū] IPLA, 3: 13 ARCHIBAB “that they did [not] make me take an oath by force”.
12. Ištū libba bēlāni "by force"
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ištū libba [b]e-la-ni ašaddadš[u] FM 8, 157 no. 44: 32 ARCHIBAB “I will remove i[t] by force”. new
13. In the locative
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) (PN has given land in exchange for a plot) annûm ṭūbu ula be-la-nu ARM 8, 8: 5 ARCHIBAB “this was voluntarily, not by force”.
14. In a genitive construction
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) salim be-la-nim usallamšunūti ARM 2, 16: 16 ARCHIBAB “I will have them conclude a peace treaty by (lit. of) force”.
Discussion
SAD B 25–27 with extensive discussion and previous literature. The sign BE was previously misread as NU, see AHw and CAD s.v. nullānū. /be-/ is now confirmed by ina bé-la-nu-um in ARM 26/2, 410: 16'.