Meanings:
to gather together, collect up
de:German: Deutsch zusammensuchen, aufsammeln
fr:French: Français rassembler, ramasser
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾspI/ʾ; I/e (primae ʾaleph) – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem), ŠtnŠtn-stem (Š with tan-infix, iterative), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Aram. ʾsp “to gather”, see Sokoloff 2002, 149; Sokoloff 2017, 68; Tal 2000, 53; Ugar. ʾsp “to gather, take away, remove, sweep away”, see DUL 110; Hebr. (and Phoen.) ʾsp “to gather”, HALOT 74f.
11 attestation1. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
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i-s]i-pa-an-⸢ni
?⸣
Ludlul V 6 ↗eBL “[he g]athered me up from [...]”. Cf. the restoration in Oshima 2014, 106f. ([i-na pi-i qab-ri ú-s]i-pa-an-ni] “He shovelled me up [from the grave]” assuming a D-stem instead). new
11 attestation2. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
akī minî kī ana ⸢us⸣-su!
(text: ZU?)
-pi ina bītinu
AOAT 414/1, 171: 11 “(either) in accordance with the account for collecting from our (store)house”. new
Discussion
The OAkk. instance Berens 9: 4, which was understood in AHw 249 s.v. esēpu as PN u?-sá-ap is now read Sum. sá-ab; see epsd2 o. 3.