qasāmu
NEWNot documented in AHw or CADDRAFT
Meanings:
to divide (the period of divination)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verb
Etymology: Amor.Amorite See Sasson 1994, who connects the word to NWSem. qsm “to divide, apportion, to practice divination” (see Gesenius 1987–2010, 1177; DNWSI 1018; Wehr 1985, 1024f.).
1Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) têrētim ana šulum ḫalṣim u ālim GN ša ITI 1kamušēpišma lupputā aq-sa-am-ma ša U₄ 15kamušēpišma šalmā FM 2, 71: 8 ARCHIBAB “I had omens taken concerning the well-being of the district and the city of GN for a month. They are unfavorable. I divided (the period of divination) and had (the omens) taken for a period of 15 days. They are favorable.”