lapātu

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Meanings:
to touch, take hold of
de:German: Deutsch berühren, anfassen
fr:French: Français toucher, palper
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts, MA-LitMA-Lit: Middle Assyrian literary texts, SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: lptIII – a/ua/u class (Present a, Preterite u)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtGt-stem (G with t-infix), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
Logogram: TAG
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Hebr. lpt “umwenden”, see Gesenius 1987, 412; Arab. lft “wenden, biegen”, see Wehr 1985, 1159f.; Aram. lpt Dt “to be smeared(?)”, see Sokoloff 2002, 632 (a loan from Akk.?).
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Commentaries

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) TAG-su-m[a ...] TAG : maḫāṣi CunMon. 49/2, 284 o. 20f. “it affects him an[d ...] TAG (means) to beat”. Commentary Sakikkû XXIIa(?).

81. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) kunuk tamkārim la-pí-it AKT 3, 110: 13 “is sealed (lit. touched) with the merchant’s seal”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [ki]mṣāšu qaqqaram ul i-la-pa-ta u [ḫa]dānšu ušakšassu u suqassu i-la-ap-pa-at ARM 26/2, 317 no. 423: 51, 53 “his knees will not touch the ground, he will let him achieve his goals and he will touch his chin”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [wa]rdī PN [pū]ssu[n]u al-pu-ut-ma ARM 26/1, 433 no. 205: 10 “I touched the forehead of the servants of PN”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) 1 immeram bēlī li-il₅-pu-ut-ma liblūma liqqû ARM 26/1, 465 no. 224: 9 “my lord shall touch a ram so that they shall bring and sacrifice (it)”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) suqtī il-pu-tam-ma ana awīlē utēranni FM 16, 376f. no. 23: 11 ARCHIBAB “(my lord) touched my chin and he brought me back to the men”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) šaptīja mê lu-pu-ut AbB 11, 6: 11 ARCHIBAB “touch my lips with water”. For the meaning “do me a favor” rather than “to be kind, gracious” (CAD L 86), see Stol ib. p. 5 n. a. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ṣērī il-pu-t[u] (∥ [i]l-pu-tú) ra⸢ʾī⸣ba ⸢iddû⸣ Ludlul II 63 eBL “they affected my back (and) inflicted trembling”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [šumma iš]tu qablīšu adi qaqqadišu maruṣ ana šēpīšu baliṭ TAG Sakikkû XII 126′ “[if] he is sick [fr]om his hips to his head (but) he is healthy at his feet – it is ambiguous”. See also with the opposite symptoms Sakikkû XII 127′. Cf. similar Sakikkû III 84f. (noting ITI GIG “he will be sick for/in one month” and KU₄ GIG “entering of the disease” instead of TAG). new

22. GtGt-stem (G with t-infix)

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GtGt-stem (G with t-infix) ina damēšu li-it-pa-at-ma qīpūtka linnamer Durand 1992, 117 n. 153 A.1265+ 4 ARCHIBAB “smear yourself with his blood, so that your trustworthiness will be seen”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GtGt-stem (G with t-infix) damē il-⸢tap-tu⸣ Iraq 56, 137: 9 “they stained themselves with blood”. new

23. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) aššum kīʾamma lu-up-pu-tá-ku AbB 12, 100: 18 ARCHIBAB “that is why I have been delayed”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) [u]l?-tap-pit ḫašurri ṭāba elīšun[u ...] Ludlul V 66 eBL “[I sme]ared(?) pleasant cypress (scented oil?) above the[m ...]”. Diff. Hätinen 2022d (“Perfume of fragrant cypress upon them [...],” interpreting the first signs as [t]ar?-qit) and slightly var. Oshima 2014, 109 (“I repeatedly sprinkled sweet cypress-oil on th[em ...”).

34. ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem)

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem) šu-ul-pu-tu suppuḫū uppû imērū aḫunê itaddû qarrādū Zimrī-Līm Epic iii 4 SEAL “the (herds of) donkeys were seized (lit.: let be touched), broken up, and displayed (and) the warriors had been cast down seperately”. Diff. Guichard 2014, 19 (“Massacrés et éparpillés apparaissaient les ânes”) and SEAL (“All around are spread the slain (enemy’s) donkeys”). For the interpretation of ANŠEḫi-a as “equines” in general here see the note in Guichard 2014, 52. new

MA-LitMA-Lit: Middle Assyrian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem) ša … aššum izzerēti šinātina ēkallamma šâtu iʾabbatuma ú-šal-pa-tu (var. ú-šal! (PAP) -pa-tu) Wilcke 2010, 434 vii 22 “who(ever) destroys and (thus) ruins this very palace because of those curses”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem) āl GN u ilīšu ú-šal-pit ṣubāta damiqta <ša> DNf ḫurāṣ ṣāriri abnī nisiqtim u mimma simat ilūtišu ú-šal-pit-ma RIMB 2, 318: 20 “he desecrated the city of GN and its gods; the good garment <of> the goddess DNf, the gold of twinkling (quality), the stones of fine choice and any (other) symbol of her (masc.!) divinity he desecrated (as well)”. new

35. NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) ša ni-it-ta-al-pa-tu ṣirimma lāma ebūrim liggamer AbB 10, 69: 25 ARCHIBAB “apply yourself, so that (the task) to which we have been put will be completed before the harvest!” new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) lišānšu i-la-pa-at YOS 14, 42: 9 ARCHIBAB “his tongue will be touched”. also ib. no. 72: 23. For the custom of licking hot metal as a punishment see Stol 1979, 179. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) [ma]mman ina ubānim ul il-la-pí-it RA 96, 111 M.6242 16 ARCHIBAB “no-one was touched with (even) a finger”. see Guichard ib. p. 116. new

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