emūqu

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Variant: NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) amūqu, NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) mūqu
Meanings:
strength, force
de:German: Deutsch Kraft, Macht
fr:French: Français puissance, force
Distribution: OAkk onward(s)OAkk onward(s): Old Akkadian onwards (ca. 2350 BCE onwards), OA onward(s)OA onward(s): Old Assyrian onwards (ca. 1900 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: ʾmqI/ʾ; I/e (primae ʾaleph)pattern: PaRūS
Logogram: USU, Á, Á.KAL, Á.MEŠ
Etymology: Inherited Cf. the assumed PS root ʿmq “tough, strong” (suggested by its semantic) and not ʿmq “to be(come) deep” (or PWS as noted by Kogan), cf. Kogan 2015, 333 and 351 as well as emēqu.
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Commentaries

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) [TUR ?] ṣaḫāra : TUR : e-mu-qu CunMon. 49/2, 285 r. 16′ “[TUR(?)] (means) to be(come) small, TUR (means also?) strength”. Commentary Sakikkû XXIIa(?). new

5Further Attestations

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) […] i-⸢mu⸣-qà-tim Pohl 2022, 120: 17 SEAL “[…] the forces”. uncertain, in broken context. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) PN … rabīʾān bābtišu ina e-mu-qì-šu dūram ša GN īpuš RIME 4, 659: 5 “PN, the headman of his district, built the wall of GN by his own means”. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina ... e-mu-qí-ia rabîm BagM 34, 144 viii 5 “through my great strength”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša DNN ... e-mu-qu gaš-ra-a-tum danānu u šarrūtu ša māt GN iddinūnimma RIMB 2, 295 i 6 “whom DNN gave great strength, power and kingship of the land of GN”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma ina kal USU-šú issi Sakikkû XXII 49 “if he screams with all his strength”. Corresponds to 60 in Heeßel 2000. new

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