labāku
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Meanings:
to be(come) soft
de:German: Deutsch weich sein/werden
fr:French: Français être/devenir mou(e)
Distribution: OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts, MA-LitMA-Lit: Middle Assyrian literary texts, MB-NuziMB-Nuzi: Middle Babylonian texts from Nuzi (ca. 1500–1200 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: lbkIII – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Arab. lbk “to mix, blend; confuse”, see Wehr 1141. If it is related to Aram. lbk “to hold, to take”, see Sokoloff 2009, 668; Jastrow 689, remains uncertain, but it is probably not to be connected with Arab. lbq (II) as suggested in AHw 521 (giving the transl. “einweichen” but stem II means “make suitable, adjust”).
2 Lexical
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) edēqu : DU₈ ⸢:?*⸣ [...] la-ab-ka CunMon. 49/2, 284 o. 6 “to tie on (means?) DU₈ (meaning) [to loosen(?) ...] (which means) they(?) are flexible”. Commentary Sakikkû XXI 17′(?). new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) (comm.) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ú-lab-bak : inakkis CCP, 4.2.M.a r. 4 CCP “‘he softens’ (means) ‘he cuts’”. medical commentary.