bīnu II
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Meanings:
tamarisk
de:German: Deutsch Tamariske
fr:French: Français tamaris
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PaRSverbal adjective of roots i--gem.
Logogram: gišŠINIG
Etymology: Inherited ＜PSem. *baj(a)n- (cf. Kogan 2012, 238 and SEDonline).
2Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts kīma appārim īṣidam ṣābašu kīma bi-nim šumqutū ⸢qarrādū⸣ Zimrī-Līm Epos ii 15 SEAL “like a reed-bed, he mowed down his (i.e. the enemy’s) troops; like a tamarisk, the warriors were brought down”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) itti ĝišŠINIG aḫî u kušāri ēdi šēpēki arakkas MesCiv. 17, 102: 47 (Lam.) “I will bind your feet to a free-standing tamarisk and a lone reed stalk”. See also ib 119: 146.