bêšu
21. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ina asīdū šēpīšunu qaqqari i-bi-iš-šú ina sârišunu uḫteppû GN u GN₂ Gilg. SB V 133 eBL “at the heels of their feet the earth divided; as they whirled about they shattered GN and GN₂”. Diff. AHw 1547: bâšu II “(Erde) stampfen”, followed by CDA 41a.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) iddânni ilī šadâšu īli ipparku ištarī i-bé-eš aḫītu Ludlul I 44 eBL “my (personal) god had abandoned me (and) disappeared, my (personal) goddess had become inactive (and) moved away”.
12. NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) ib-bé!-šu-nim-ma || i-bé-šu-ú-ma || [i?-]bé-šu-ma kakkabū šamāʾī RA 113, 132: 5 (Gilg.) eBL “the stars of heaven moved away”. Cf. al-Rawi/George ib. 133.
Discussion
See Veenhof 2015, 229-232, with new OA ref., concluding a mng. “to declare, give information”; however, the semantic connection with the mng. “to go away”, remains unclear.