zenû II
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Meanings:
to be(come) angry
de:German: Deutsch zürnen, wütend sein/werden
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: znjIII/j (tertiae infirmae) – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtGt-stem (G with t-infix), GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Hebr. znh “to commit fornication”, see HALOT 275; Aram./Syr./Mand. znj “to commit adultery, fornication”, see Sokoloff 2002, 418; Sokoloff 2009, 388; Drower/Macúch 1963, 169, 160.
1Attestations
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ammēni bēlani ze-na-ta KAL 3, 76-76a: 7 “why, oh our lord, are you angry?”