Variant: eli, el, ili, OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE) ʿal, el-
Meanings:
on, over, above, against; more than
de:German: Deutsch auf, über, oberhalb, gegen; mehr als
fr:French: Français sur, au-dessus de, par-dessus, contre ; plus que
Distribution: OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE), OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: prep.Preposition, adv.Adverbpattern: PaSFrom roots i--gem. with /r/ as second or third consonant; concrete nouns designating the quality expressed by the adjective + -īAdverbial suffix -ī
Logogram: UGU
Etymology: Derived < elu I (?) Cf. PS *ʿalaj “on, over” (as proposed in SEDo) or from ʿlj/w “to go up”, see for the latter Lipínski 1997, 466; Kane 1990, 109; Tropper 2000, 766.
11 attestation1. With suffixed pronoun
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
pūtam tanpiḫtam isr[im?] ⸢i⸣šāt qablim mannum él-ka [ša] uballûšima
Zimrī-Līm Epic i 33 ↗SEAL “in front, the fire of battle has opened up(?) conflagration—who but you could extinguish it?” new
22 attestations2. With assimilation
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
ipaḫḫurū eš-šu …;
aḫabbub eš-šu
RA 101, 64: 22 (Gilg.) ↗eBL “they gather around it …; they moan over it”. assimilation lš > šš (Streck 2022, 126f. § 2.243). new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
uwaṣṣar eš₁₅-šu
Pohl 2022, 211 ii' 5' ↗SEAL “he draws (the prayers) on it (the tablet)”. new