seḫû II
NEWNot documented in AHw or CADREVIEW
Meanings:
to add, mix in (?)
de:German: Deutsch hinzugeben, untermischen (?)
fr:French: Français ajouter, incorporer (?)
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: sḫjIII/j (tertiae infirmae) – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Aram.Aramaic sḥj (?) Clancier GKAB attributes the verb to seʾû “to press down”, Steinert 2026, 658 suggests a loan from Aram. sḥj “to wash, bathe” and translates “mix”.
2Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) … šamaššammī [n] gín ṭūru ½ gín dam erēni ina šaman nūni u nāḫi? te-se-eḫ-ḫi BAM 12, 650: 26 gkab “you add(?) …, sesame, [n] shekels of ṭūru -plant, (and) half a shekel of cedar resin into fish oil and lard(?)”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 2 gÍn ṭūru ana libbi ta-se-ḫi BAM 12, 650: 24 gkab “you add(?) two shekels of ṭūru -plant into it”. Cf. also 1 GÍN ṭūru ina libbi ta-se-ḫi (ibid. 651: 35). new