sapāḫu

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Variant: šapāḫu (occass.)
Meanings:
to scatter, disperse
de:German: Deutsch zerstreuen, auflösen
fr:French: Français disperser, dissoudre
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: spḫIII – a/ua/u class (Present a, Preterite u)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), DtDt-stem (D with t-infix), DtnDtn-stem (D with tan-infix, iterative), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
Logogram: BIR
Etymology: Inherited Cf. the discussion in Kogan 2015, 308f. fn. 893 Kogan 2015, 308f. fn. 893. concerning connections to Eth. säfḥa “to spread, stretch”, see Leslau 1987, 487f.
21. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) iddī rigmaššu qinnašu uparrir ina kibrāt erbêm ṭēmšu is-pu-uḫ Zimrī-Līm Epic i 21 SEAL “he cast his voice (and) scattered his (viz., the enemy’s) clan—he dispersed his plan into the four corners (of the world)”. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) sà-ap-ḫ[a-at] Šubartum kī immerī rîtim Zimrī-Līm Epic ii 43 SEAL “spre[ad] is (the population of) Šubartu like sheep on a pasture”. new

32. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) šulputū su-up-pu-ḫu uppû imērū aḫunê itaddû qarrādū Zimrī-Līm Epic iii 4 SEAL “the (herds of) equines were seized (lit.: let be touched), broken up, and displayed (and) the warriors had been cast down seperately”. Diff. Guichard 2014, 19 (“Massacrés et éparpillés apparaissaient les ânes”) and SEAL (“All around are spread the slain (enemy’s) donkeys”). For the interpretation of ANŠEḫi-a as “equines” in general here see the note in Guichard 2014, 52. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) arkāni! Aššurajja ušaglišunūtima pirik mātāti ú-sap-pi-iḫ-šu-nu-ti RIMB 2, 316 i 18 “afterwards, the Assyr[ian took them into exile and] scattered [them(?)] across the lands”. See also RIMB 2, 308 iv 4. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ina itablakkuti puṭṭurū riksūʾa mešrêtūʾa su-up-pu-ḫa itaddâ aḫītu Ludlul II 104 eBL “through writhing my sinews were slackened, my limbs were spread out (limply and) lay awry”. new

13. NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)

MA-LitMA-Lit: Middle Assyrian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) na-ás-pu-uḫ nišēšu ḫalāq mātišu ina pîšunu kabte liqbû Wilcke 2010, 434 vii 34 “may the desintegration of his people (and) the ruin of his land be ordered by their serious command”. new

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