ramû III

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Variant: AssAss: Assyrian dialect (all periods) ramāʾu, remû
Meanings:
to slacken, go limp
de:German: Deutsch erschlaffen, kraftlos werden
Distribution: OA onward(s)OA onward(s): Old Assyrian onwards (ca. 1900 BCE onwards), OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: rmwIII/w (tertiae infirmae) – u/uu/u class (Present u, Preterite u)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), DtDt-stem (D with t-infix), DtnDtn-stem (D with tan-infix, iterative)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Hebr. rmh (#2) “to desert, abondon; betray”, see HALOT 1239f.
31. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [kiš]ādī [ša ir-mu-ú er-na-ma ikkappu upattin kinnê amališ izqup] Ludlul III 110(?) eBL “my neck, which had slackened and was bent at the base(?) - he made (it) strong (like) a mountain, he straightened (it) up like an amalu -tree”. For er-na-ma see erēnu II . Restorations according to comm. K.3291 r 16f. which is to be placed between Ludlul III 107 and 118 (= BWL 54: f). Ludlul IV a+1 in Hätinen 2022 and Oshima 2014, 102 (following BWL). See Hätinen 2025, 12 n. on r. 9′.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) šumma minâtūš[u] ra-mu-ú Sakikkû XXII 25 “if h[is] limbs are slack”. Corresponds to 38 in Heeßel 2000. For the present reading instead of [ir]-mu-ú see Schmidtchen 2025, 173: 25. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) rimûtu ša i-⸢ram?⸣-mu-ú CunMon. 49/2, 261: 9 “feebleness (refers to) the case where it slackens”. Commentary Sakikkû XVIII (unknown entry). new

62. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) [š]adādu u ru-mu-ú ša ṭūb kabatti ASJ 19, 262 r. 4 “[to p]ull and to release for the well-being of the mind”. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) [... māti]m? kališi [..]. tu-ra-am-mi dunnašši Zimrī-Līm Epic i 39 SEAL “[... of(?)] all the [lan]d(?), [..]. you released its strength”. Diff. SEAL (“You have established the glory [of your land]” assuming a D-stem of ramû II). new

MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) DN u DN₂ … li-ra-am-mu-ú idīšu UF 16, 303 iv 15 “may DN and DN₂ make his arms limp”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ru-um-mi kiṣrīša Ee II 93, 117 “disband her cohorts!”

NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ana ūmāti adaggal lā ú-ra-mi-⸢šu⸣ SAA 19, 38: 12 “I waited for days (but the illness) did not leave him”. new

NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) egertu ša ... ina bēte tu-ra-mu-ni StAt 1, 52: 18 “the letter that you left behind in the house”. new

Cross-References
See also:
murammû, ramû I, rimûtu, rummû, tarmītu
Authors
Eric Schmidtchen, Michael Streck
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