balālu
1 Lexical
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [..]. ta-bal-lal : lù-lù : [ ba-la-lu : LÙ.LÙ : dalāḫu ? ...] CunMon. 49/2, 316 o. 8 “you mix [..]. (is explained with Sum.) lù-lù (meaning) [to mix, (the logogram) LÙ.LÙ (means) to stir(?) ...]”. Commentary Sakikkû XXXIV (unknown entry). new
101. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem): To mix
1.1. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem): To brew (beer)
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) inūma laḫtanam ib-lu !?(ed.: li)-lu ARM 21, 130: 7-8 “when they mixed (beer in) the l. vat”. new
MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) u₂-ra-ṭu-bu i-ba-lu-lu Chuera, 12: 33-34 “they will soak and brew”. See u₂-ra-ṭu-bu i-ba-lu-lu Chuera 12: 33-34 in destroyed context. new
1.2. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem): To alloy
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) 3 MA.NA annakum ana ba-la-al 24 MA.NA URUDU billi 8- ÀM ARM 22, 205 ii 9' “3 minas of tin for making an alloy of 24 minas of copper, alloy of 8 (to one)”.
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) 3 2 1/3 MA.NA URUDU LUḪ.ḪA temāju 1 MA.NA AN.NA ina 8- su TA.ÀM ba-li-il RA 64, 21: no. 1: 4' “2 1/3 minas of copper … 1 mina of tin at the rate of 8 shekels (of tin) pro (mina) are mixed”. See also Arkhipov 2012, 23-24. new
MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) (metals) ša PN ina kiškattî[m] ša PN₂ ib-lu-lu ARM 21, 285: 12 “which PN alloyed in the kiln of PN₂”. new
1.3. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem): To confuse
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) têrtam ē[pušma] ba-a[l]-la-a ARM 26/1, 300 no. 136: 4' “I m[ade] an extispicy [and] the (signs) were confused”.
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ṭēmam ina nadānim ba-la-lum i-ba-al-la-lu ARM 27, 162: 34-35 “when they deliver the report, they cause much confusion”.
1.4. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem): To pollute, sully
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) aḫunê itaddû qarrādū ba-al-la-at qerbetum ina damīšunu Zimrī-Līm Epic iii 6 SEAL “the warriors had been cast down seperately (and) the meadowland was smeared with their blood”. new
1.5. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem): To intermingle (persons)
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) mārī Si-im-a-al it-ti-šu-nu ab-lu-ul-ma a-[la]m i-n[a]-aṣ-ṣa-ru ARM 26/1, 308 no. 144: 20' “I mixed sons of Simʾal with them and they guard the city (together)”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ina šīr ilī u amēlūti bal-⸢la⸣-t[a] Gilg. SB X 268 eBL “you are mixed from the flesh of gods and men”. see Kaskal 17, 241 BM 34160+BM 34306.
12. GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative): To mix constantly
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative) ana bi-ta-al-lu-[li-im] ana bīt sābītim ana mēlulim ARM 26/1, 28: 16 “for constantly mixing, for alehouse, for play”. Reading after Durand 1984, 135 no. 42 (s. copy on p. 147). He understands balālu here sexually (s. also id. 197 no. 46). Or mixing beer? new
13. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive): To mix
3.1. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive): To intermingle (persons)
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) u mārī GN ša ištū GN tassuḫam ana adaššim ša GN₂ šūribšunūti [i]tt[ī mārī] ālim bu-lu-ul-šu-nu-ti CRRAI 38, 105: no. 63 “and the citizens of GN, which you have removed from GN, let them enter the enclosure wall of GN₂ and mingle them with the citizens of the city”.
14. DtDt-stem (D with t-infix): To interfere
4.1. DtDt-stem (D with t-infix): (Passive of D)
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DtDt-stem (D with t-infix) PN ina awātam (sic) GN mimma ul ub-ta-la-al ARM 28, 69 r. 7 “PN will not mingle into the affairs of GN”. Cf. [tu-u]b-ta-la-al . new
15. Št₂Št₂-stem (Š with t-infix): To let (weapons) clash
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) Št₂Št₂-stem (Š with t-infix) kakkī uš-ta-ba[-al-la-lu] ARM 26/2, 268 no. 405: 18 “They constantly let weapons cla[sh] (in battle)”. new
26. NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem): To mingle
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) ina šittīn lā ab-ba-al-la-al ARM 26/2, 224 no. 392: 37 “I will not be mixed up in two-thirds”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) ilū mātim … ⸢ib⸣-ba-lu in-epri UET 6/2, 395: 11 “the gods of the land were spread with dust”. new
17. NtnNtn-stem (N with tan-infix, iterative): Iterative of N
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts Ntn+Ntn-stem (N with tan-infix, iterative) i-ta-ab-la-al elī inbī u dādī ALL, 15 SEAL “constantly mingle on top of (my) fruits and desires!”