edû II

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Variant: AssAss: Assyrian dialect (all periods) wadû, idû, OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) idāʾu, udāʾu, adû, jadû+, medû
Meanings:
to know, be familiar with
de:German: Deutsch wissen, kennen
fr:French: Français savoir, connaître
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: wdʾI/w; III/ʾ (primae wāw, tertiae ʾaleph) – e/e (<a/a)e/e class (from a/a, with vowel coloring), e/u (<a/u)e/u class (from a/u, with vowel coloring)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), DtDt-stem (D with t-infix), ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem), ŠtŠt-stem (Š with t-infix), ŠDŠD-stem (Causative-Intensive), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
Logogram: ZU, NAM.BA.ZU.ZU (pseudo-logogr. spelling)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PS *wdʿ, *ydʿ “to know”, see Kogan 2015, 40.
31. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) aššu ina munatti i-du-šú (∥ ú!-du-šu) ⸢gat⸣ta zuqqur ⸢me⸣lammī ḫalip labiš pulḫ[āt]i Ludlul III 11 eBL “since I was conscious of (∥ recognized) him (only) during morning slumber, he seemed (lit.: was) build very high in shape (and) he was clad in an awe-inspiring aura, clothed in fearso[mne]ss”. Diff. Oshima 2014, 94f. (“insomuch as, in the waking-dream, his sides – the figure – was thin”).

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) lū i-de kī itti ili itamgur(ā) annâti Ludlul II 33 eBL “I should have known that these (ways of acting) are always acceptable for a god”. For the use of the affirmative lū as irrealis in the past see GAG § 152f (cf. the translation in Hätinen 2022a). Diff. Oshima 2014, 89 (“I indeed believed that these things (would) satisfy deity (var.: deities)”). new

NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ilīka lu-di-iu-u SAA 10, 285 r. 6 SAAo “I swear by your gods”. new

72. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) PN bāb bītišuma wu-du-ú ARM 26/2, 84 no. 319: 10f. ARCHIBAB “PN is confined to the gate of his house”. see Charpin, ib. 85 n. b and cf. the expression abullātim šūdû CAD I/J 34 idû 6c and AHw. 188 edû Š 2b; see also cf. Heimpel 2003, 300. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) imbīšuma apsû ú-ad-du-ú ešrēti Ee I 76 eBL “he called it Apsû, (which means) ‘They recognized sanctuaries’”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ṭēme ūmēšina lā i-ad-da||ia-ad-da||ia-an!?-d[a!?]||ia-a-ad ilu mamman Ee VII 114 “no god knows the decision of their days.” Commentaries explain the word as edû “to know” or ilammad “he is experienced”, see Lambert 2014, 491. CAD I 34 has the first two var. of the ref. under idû I 8 and tentatively analyses them as N-stem of e/idû, whereas AHw. 1542 books them under a verb âdu, translated in AHw. 14 as “aufmerken?”. The existence of the verb âdu seems, however, doubtful, and the commentaries cited above favor a derivation from edû. The form looks like a pres. G with strong /j/ and without sound change a > e: /ijadda/, /ijanda/, or /ijad(da)/. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) [a]l-zu-[b]i na[m-ba-zu-zu m]u-da-a-šú la ú-[ád-da] CunMon. 49 2, 269f.: 6f. Commentary Sakikkû XIX/XX 21′. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) šumma emma mūdâšu NAM.BA.ZU.ZU Sakikkû XIX/XX 21′ “if he is hot and does not recognize (some)one who knows him”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) mūdâšu lā ú-ád-da Sakikkû XVI 11 “he does not recognize (some)one who knows him”. See also Sakikkû III 2 (partially restored); Sakikkû VI 16 (partially restored) and passim in Sakikkû. new

LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) [l]u-man-da dubsar 3, 121: 29 “let me take note (of it)”. new

13. DtDt-stem (D with t-infix)

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DtDt-stem (D with t-infix) sinništum ú-⸢te-ed⸣-di-ma iṣṣabtūši FM 9, 71: 30 ARCHIBAB “the woman was recognized and they captured her”. new

24. ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem) asâ āšipa bārâ šāʾila šu-ud-di Sakikkû XVIII 8 “inform a physician, an incantation expert, an extispicy expert, (and) an omen interpreter!” Corresponds to 12–14 in Heeßel 2000. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem) ú-še-di-ma : ú-šá-am-de-e-ma Fs. Leichty, 165: 15 CCP. || SpTU 5, 259: 2. Commentary to Alu XXII 21. Explanation of defective spelling. new

15. NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) igmuru uznu rapaštu ša lā in-na-du-ú (|| níg nu-ub-zu-a) ASJ 20, 2: 12 “he (who) controlled great intelligence, what was not known”. new

Discussion

The alleged verb medû (AHw. 640, CAD M/2, 3) is in fact wadû with strong /w/, written m in late texts.

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