ebēṭu II
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Meanings:
to bind
de:German: Deutsch binden
fr:French: Français lier
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾbṭI/ʾ; I/e (primae ʾaleph) – vowel class undeterminedVowel class undetermined (insufficient evidence)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
Etymology: Inherited (?) Cf. Aram. ʿbṭ (D) “to tie up”, see Sokoloff 2002, 840; Jastrow 1996, 1037. Cf. perhaps also ebēṭu I “to swell up, become thick”.
2NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) lišānu ša in-né-eb-ṭa šu⸢tā⸣bulu [l]ā il[e-ʾe]] Ludlul III 94 eBL “the tongue, which was tied (and thus) [n]ot ab[le] to move freely”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) [š]innāja ša ittaṣbatā ištēniš in-né-e[b-ṭa?] ipte birīssinama irdāšin uštam -[...] Ludlul III 92 eBL “my [t]eeth, which were clenched (and) bo[und(?)] together — he opened the space between them and (thus) let their base(s) .[..]”. new