birqu
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Variant: berqu
Meanings:
lightning (flash)
de:German: Deutsch Blitz
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Domain: Visual phenomena; weather and climate; light and fire
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Inherited
2Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (Adad) ša mel[e]m? bi-ir-qí-šu ezzū[ti]m … elī māt ni[ku]rtim aggiš ušaznanu BagM 34, 138 i 8 “(Adad) who angrily makes the radiance of his furious lightning bolts rain down upon the enemy’s land”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ibtâ bi-ir-qum ša ṣīḫātim elīja ALL, 1 i 12 SEAL “the lightning of love-making swept over me”. new