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Variant: rittu, OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts rētu+
Meanings:
hand, palm; paw; hoof
Domain: Body parts
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Femininenumber: pl. fem.Plural feminine rettātupattern: PaSFrom roots i--gem. with /r/ as second or third consonant; concrete nouns designating the quality expressed by the adjective
Etymology: Inherited The etymologically expected form is rētu (see lex. section), we thus parse the word rettu rather than rittu.
2 Lexical

OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kišib-lá-ĝu₁₀ = re-e-ti CUSAS 12, 156 vii 19 (Ugumu) “my hand”. new

MB-LexMB-Lex: Middle Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) mar = re-et-tum Emar 6/4, 537: 440 DCCLT “shovel”. Sjöberg 1998, 265 considers the word a loan from WSem. *rḥt, cf. Hebr. raḥat “shovel”, which is also a cognate of rettu. new

21. (palm of the) hand

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) (DN) ša nakbat qātīšu lā inaššû šamāʾū ret-tuš (∥ ret-tuš-šu; ret-tuš-šú) rabbat ukaššu mīta Ludlul I 10 eBL “(Marduk) whose hands’ weight the sky cannot bear, (but) whose gentle palm helps the moribund”. Cf. Ludlul I 12. For ukaššu see kīʾāšu.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) bī⸢nu⸣ mullilu tamiḫ ret-tuš-šú Ludlul III 24 eBL “(a purification priest) held purifying tamarisk in his hand”.

12. Handle

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [n KÙ.G]I … šuqulti 1 ḫ[ub]ūsim rabîm 2 re-et-te-tim 16 patrī ARM 32, 485 M.15137 7 ARCHIBAB “n gold … is the weight of 1 big ḫ. -weapon, 2 handles, 16 daggers”. Also 2 re-et-te-tim ib. l. 18. new

23. Glove

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [n] ⸢re⸣-te-tum [n] kaballū ARM 30, 555 M.11356 2 “[n] gloves, [n] leggings”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 2 re-te₉-tum ša ⸢ṭì⸣-[wi]-i-im ARM 30, 351 M.15138 7 ARCHIBAB “2 gloves of yarn”. Also 2 re-te₉-it maškim ib. l. 13 “2 leather gloves”. new

14. Suitability

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GN GN₂ GN₃ ša … lišānšu egru ana re-et-ti-šu lûwaddīʾam UET 1, 146 iv 7 “GN GN₂ and GN₃, whose language is confused, I indeed made it (scil., the language) known, as is appropriate”. new

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