lūman
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Meanings:
were it that, were it not for
Grammar:
pos: prep.Preposition
3Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) atti lu!-ma-an ištēti ALL, 15 i 7 SEAL “would you were my one and only!” new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) lu-man lā bēlu ⸢u⸣mašširanni Ludlul V 30 eBL “if the lord had not set me free (my life would surely have been extinguished quickly)”. Diff. Oshima 2014, 106f. (lu man-nu be-lum u-maš-ši-ra-an-ni “Who might it be? The lord released m[e]!”)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) lu-man lā Marduk īzibann[i] Ludlul V 34 eBL “if Marduk had not spared me”.