erpu
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Variant: arpu
Meanings:
clouded over
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Grammar:
pos: adj.Adjectiveroot: ʾrpI/ʾ; I/e (primae ʾaleph)
2Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) mīnam ēpušk[ama] kīma barba⸢rim⸣ ūmam er-pa-am [t]ašīḫam CUSAS 36, 83: 6 ARCHIBAB “what did I do to you, that you towered over me (?) like a wolf on a cloudy day”. Translation after de Boer 2019, 248. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts namrirrū irrupū ana ⸢er!⸣-pi Gilg. OB Harmal₂: 13 eBL “the sheen becomes dark (lit. (becomes) a cloud)”. See George 2003, 264.