saḫāru
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Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [uttanār :] ⸢ GUR ⸣ : târi : gur : sa-ḫa-ri CunMon. 49/2, 213: 7 “[he consantly turns (his neck) around (written logographically is)] GUR (meaning) to turn, (Sum.) gur (means also) to turn round”. Commentary Sakikkû X 9. new
31. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ašamšâtum is-ḫu-ra-šu-nu-ši-i[m] Zimrī-Līm Epic ii 10 SEAL “dust storms circled around the[m]”.
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) PN kīma šurīnim ip-pana illak is-ḫu-ur ana lā lēʾîm inaddin libbam Zimrī-Līm Epic iii 16 SEAL “like a (battle) standard, PN led the way (the whole time) (and) turned to those who were uncabable, giving (them) courage”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) a-saḫ-ḫur-ma (∥ a[s-ḫur-m]a) lemun lemunma Ludlul II 2 eBL “(and when) I turned around, every and each was evil”. In contrast, Hätinen 2022a: 2 transaliterates SU-1951.15.A+ o 2 a[s-saḫ-ḫar-m]a (N-stem, read here a[s-ḫur-m]a) but the room within the damaged seems is not enough to hold all restored signs.
12. GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative) ana DNf ilū rabûtu kīma ilitti būri is-sa-na-aḫ-ḫu-ru-ši AfO 50, 22: 23 eBL “the great gods keep turning to DNf like the offspring of a bull”. new
43. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) lā ú[s!-s]à-ḫi-ru išāt ⸢q⸣ablika Zimrī-Līm Epic ii 40 SEAL “they (the Subareans) could not t[u]rn away the fire of your battle”. Diff. Guichard 2014 (“Je t’assure que (jamais) le feu de ton combat n’a pu être détourné!”) and SEAL (“Your blaze of battle should not turn back!”).
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ú-sa-ḫar BagM 21, 474: 13 “he turns/should turn (the stone tablet?)”. This remark is found on the bottom of the obv. of the stone tablet, cf. BagM 21, 474–476. A similar remark is found on top of the tablet, see ṣabātu. The remark was possibly intended for the stone carver who worked after a clay template.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) šumma kišāssu ištu imitti ana šumēli suḫ₄-ḫur-ma imaqqut Sakikkû X 12 “if his neck has turned from the right to the left side and falls down”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) [... ana arka]tišu? suḫ₄-ḫu-⸢ru ⸣ [... - š]ú ana arkatišu suḫ₄-ḫu-ra Sakikkû XXIX 32′ “( miqtu -epilepsy affects him and) his [...] are turned [backwar]ds(?) (and) [hi]s [...] are/is(?) turned backwards”. Corresponds to 73′f. in Heeßel 2000. Probably to be restored in Sakikkû XXIX 31′ (72′ in Heeßel 2000) as well. See for new reading Schmidtchen 2025, 178. new
14. NtnNtn-stem (N with tan-infix, iterative)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) NtnNtn-stem (N with tan-infix, iterative) iddudma rīmāniš uganna (u) kī araḫ būri it-ta-na-as-ḫa-ra (|| it-ta-na-as-ḫa-ru ; it-ta-na-as-ḫar) arkišu (var.: arkija) Ludlul I 20 eBL “when he gets wild, he charges like an aurochs but like a cow towards (lit.: of) a calf, he (protectively) keeps turning around (to look) after at him (|| me)”.