dalāḫu

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Meanings:
to disturb, confuse
de:German: Deutsch (auf)stören, verwirren
fr:French: Français perturber, rendre confus
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: dlḫIII – a/ua/u class (Present a, Preterite u)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem), NtnNtn-stem (N with tan-infix, iterative)
Logogram: LÙ
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Hebr. dlḥ “to make turbid”, see HALOT 222; Ugar. dlḥt “thick, cloudy”, see DUL 268; Aram./Syr. dlḥ “to trouble, make turbid”, see Jastrow 309; Sokoloff 2009, 304.
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Commentaries

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ⸢a⸣-ši-a : ešû :* da-la-ḫu CunMon. 49/2, 140: 12 “(the sign sequence) a-ši-a (could refer to) to confuse (which means) to blur”. Commentary Sakikkû IV 7. new

91. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem): To disturb

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) DN aššum enētišuma [da]liḫtam annītam id-lu-uḫ ARM 10, 123: 12 ARCHIBAB “DN stirred up this trouble because of his priestesses”.

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) PN ša ana da-la-aḫ māt bēlija izzīzu ARM 13, 146: 5 ARCHIBAB “PN, who was ready to disturb my lord’s land”.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ta-⸢ad⸣-lu-uḫ māmī Fs. Reiner, 190: 30 SEAL “you stirred up water”.

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) dal-ḫat-e-re-tu₄ šutābulū šīrū ORA 7, 208: 5 SEAL “the omens are confused, the entrails mixed up”. Sandhi for dalḫā têrētu. cf. dal-ḫa têrētūʾa Ludlul I 51 „my omens are confused“.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) dal-ḫa têrētūʾa nuppuḫū uddakam Ludlul I 51 eBL “always, my (extispicy) results were confused (and) ambiguous(?)”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) qerbīja id-lu-ḫu unâtīja utti[kū] Ludlul II 65 eBL “they disturbed my intestines, [they t]wisted my guts”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) LÙ-iḫ Sakikkû XXIII 21′ “he is disturbed”. new

NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) PNf mītat u aḫūku da-li-iḫ SAA 19, 144: 15 SAAo “PNf is dead and your brother is troubled”.

NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) mannu ina libbišunu ša lumnu ana PNf ippušma i-dal-làḫ-šú dubsar 7, 2: 17 “anyone among them who does evil against PNf and troubles her”. Cf. ib. p. 117.

32. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive): To disturb

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) PN bētī ú-da-lu-ḫu AKT 5, 31: 4 “(I hear that) PN is troubling my household”. See also CCT 2, 33: 10.

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) appiš māt GNda-al-ḫu lu-da-[a]l-li-iḫ-šu-nu-ti-ma ARM 13, 146: 22 ARCHIBAB “since the country of GN is in confusion, I want to (further) confuse them (and return them to my lord)”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ú-dal!-liḫ-ši-na-ti KAL 1, 11: 33 “([if a snake] falls on top of [weavers]) and disturbs them”. Cf. ú-dal-li-iḫ-ši-na-tì KAL 1, 14 ii 15.

23. NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem): To be disturbed

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) inanna mātum it-ta-ad-la-aḫ ARM 28, 61: 6 ARCHIBAB “now the country has been thrown into confusion”.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) it-ta-ad-la-aḫ ṭēmī PBS 1/1, 2 iii 103 SEAL “my mind has been confused”.

24. NtnNtn-stem (N with tan-infix, iterative): To be constantly disturbed

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) NtnNtn-stem (N with tan-infix, iterative) GN u GN₂ … ina bīrišunu it-ta-ad-la-ḫu-ú-ma ARM 26/2, 79 no. 315: 81 ARCHIBAB “GN and GN₂ were in constant confusion amongst themselves”.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) NtnNtn-stem (N with tan-infix, iterative) šumma it-ta-na-ad-la-aḫ AML, 149: 21 SEAL “if he is constantly troubled”. new

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