nêʾu
2 Lexical
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ne-ʾa-a : nuḫḫā ⸢:⸣ t[u-l]u : ne-ʾu-ú : tu-lu : ra[mû] CunMon. 49/2, 117: 4 “(his temples) are sunken(?) (means) they are calmed (since Sumerian) t[u-l]u (means) to turn back (Sumerian) tu-lu (means also) to sl[acken]”. Commentary Sakikkû III 5. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ne-ʾe-et : nēḫet CunMon. 49/2, 125 o. 8 “it is sunken(?) (means) it is calm”. Commentary Sakikkû IV 22. new
8GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) lāna né-ʾ RA 101, 66: 84 (Gilg.) eBL “(though) squatter (?) of stature (he is sturdier of bone)”. See George 2007, 70.
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) kī la-＜ap?＞⸢ta-at⸣ kī ne-ma-⸢at kī dal⸣ḫat Gilg. OB Harmal₁: 3b eBL “how was (the dream) ominous(?), how was it turned upside-down(?), how was it confused”. With glide /w/ spelled m (?).
MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) nakkaptašu ša imitti irâd ša šumēli ne-e-et Kraus 1987, 197: 8 “his temple of the right side trembles, that of the left side is sunken(?)”. Cf. the parallel Sakikkû IV 23 (noting NE, perhaps reinterpreted as KÚM/emmet). new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [gaba-zu ḫ]é-en-gá-gá (var.: ⸢ḫé-bí⸣-[in-gá-g]á ) = [iratka l]i-né-ʾi AOAT 275, 402 BM 54628 13f. eBL “(Ninurta, the lord of the weapon,) may turn [your chest] away!” = Uḫ V 148. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) utukku lā [n]é-ʾi-i (‖ [né]-ʾi) ūṣâ ⸢ištu⸣ ēkur Ludlul II 54 eBL “a relentless utukku -demon came out of the (netherworld) abode”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ⸢ū⸣ʾa aj(a) né-ʾu (var.: né-ʾu-ú) u nešîš? ušatbi imbariš erṣeti uš[tārid ?] Ludlul III 78 eBL “‘Woe (and) alas!,’ ‘to turn back and away(?)’ he let rise like fog (and) let [(them) descend(?)] into the netherworld”. Restoration according to Oshima 2014, 98. However, the indication of moving the exclamations down right after having them lifted up seems strange. Diff. Oshima 2014 (“In the cries of pain (lit.: woe and grief), pushing and shaking (me)”) and Hätinen 2022b (‘“Woe!” “Alas” “Spare us!” “Begone!”’).
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) nakkapātūšu ne-ʾa-a (‖ ne-eḫ-a) Sakikkû III 5 “his temples are sunken(?)”. nâḫu “to calm” seems to fit better the refs. with nakkaptu as subj. However, elsewhere, nâḫu always has a strong /ḫ/. Therefore, the refs. are listed s.v. nêʾu although the mng. of the verb here is not entirely clear. Diff. Schmidtchen 2021, 257 (“seine Schläfen ruhen(?)”). new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) nakkaptašu ša imitti kaṣi ša šumēli ne-e-et Sakikkû IV 22 “his temple of the right side is cold, that of the left side is sunken(?)”. Diff. Schmidtchen 2021, 302 (“(seine) linke ruht(?)”). new