la
REVIEW
Meanings:
from
de:German: Deutsch von
Distribution: NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: prep.Preposition
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Aram.Aramaic Abraham/Sokoloff 2011, 38, followed by Cherry 2023, 271-273 conclude that the word is not a loan from Aram. because its mng. in Akk. is “from” and not “to”. However, the mng. “to, for” is attested, albeit rarely (see lapan). Arguments in favor of a loan from Aram. are the word’s distribution (late periods only) and the fact that, rather than WSem. l/b, the preps. ana/ina are typical for Akk. Zadok 2023, 79 considers la a loan from Aram.
1Attestations
NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) la qātī[šú] ⸢amḫur⸣ OIP 114, 45: 11 “I received from [his] hands”.
Discussion
For la pan(i) see lapani.