eʾēlu

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts GtGt-stem (G with t-infix) [munus du-d]a-a-ni ma-gi₄ a mi-ni-ri = […] ina atallukiša kīma eleppi i-te-i-il AML, 10: 9, 11 ↗SEAL “[the woman] when walking about, moored herself (?) like a boat.” The mng. “to wobble”, initially proposed by Cohen in his editio princeps and adopted in AML (see p. 83). is unconvincing, as it cannot be derived from the known mng. “to coagulate” (said of the mixing and binding together of liquids). Sum. ri is not otherwise connected to eʾēlu, with the exception of the Š-stem (Erimḫuš, there said of the bringing together of hands). i-te-i-il may also be a Gtn preterite.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts GtGt-stem (G with t-infix) ana kār tašīlātim i-te-i-i[l] AML, 10: 23 ↗SEAL “she moored herself (?) at the quay of celebrations”. Said of a pregnant woman, metaphorically compared to a laden boat.