zamāru II
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Meanings:
to sing (of)
de:German: Deutsch singen, besingen
Distribution: OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: zmrIII – u/uu/u class (Present u, Preterite u), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) a/ua/u class (Present a, Preterite u) (occass.)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Hebr. zmr “to sing”, see HALOT 273f.; Aram./Syr./Mand. zmr “to sing”, see Sokoloff 2002, 417; Sokoloff 2009, 386; Drower/Macúch 1963, 169.
11. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) šumma dabābšu ittanakkir i-za-mur Sakikkû VII 75′ “if (his way of) speaking is constantly strange, he begins to sing”. For the reading cf. also the commentary Sakikkû VII 75′ in Wee 2019, 196: 4′ (i-za-mur : i-za-am-mu-ur). new
12. GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative)
MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative) az-za-am-mu-ur-ma ALL, 19 i 7 SEAL “I repeatedly sung”.