zajjāru
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Meanings:
foe, enemy
de:German: Deutsch Gegner, Feind
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), MA-LitMA-Lit: Middle Assyrian literary texts, SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: zʾrII/ʾ (mediae ʾaleph)pattern: PaRRāSPerformer of the verbal content, denoting professions and other habitual (mostly criminal) actions
Etymology: Derived < zêru
1Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts za-a-a-ru mūdû arû ananta Pohl 2022, 283: 35 SEAL “experienced enemies are leading the battle”.