enēnu I
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Variant: anānu
Meanings:
to grant favor, have mercy
de:German: Deutsch Gnade erweisen, Barmherzigkeit zeigen
Distribution: OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE), OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾnnI/ʾ; I/e; II/gem (primae ʾaleph, mediae geminatae) – a/ua/u class (Present a, Preterite u)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Aram./Syr. ḥnn “to show mercy”, see Sokoloff 2009, 547; Sokoloff 2002, 474; Tal 2000, 283; Hebr. ḥnn “to favor, to show mercy”, see Gesenius 264; Ugar. ḥnn “to be/appear kind”, see DUL 361.
2GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) labiš apluḫtam ikkibšu e-né-nu Zimrī-Līm Epic iii 2 SEAL “he was clad in armor, to be merciful was taboo to him”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) i-nu-nam-ma zamar kī uballiṭu mītūtu Ludlul I 38 eBL “he quickly showed me mercy when he restored (me) from (the state of) dying”. new