ešēru

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Variant: išāru
Meanings:
to be(come) straight, to go well, to be in order
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾšrI/ʾ; I/e (primae ʾaleph)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), ŠtŠt-stem (Š with t-infix), Št₂Št₂-stem (Š with t-infix), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
Logogram: SI.SÁ
Etymology: Cf. PS *jšr “be straight”, see HALOT 449 (and SEDo for more cognates).
41. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) pî ša ⸢ar⸣dāti pagarka lā te-eš-ši!?-⸢ir?⸣ (var.: lā tašeʾʾi) Counsels of Wisdom: A+19 eBL “do not direct(?) yourself (according to) (var.: seek out) the talk of young women!” Cf. the note on the difficult interpretation of the traces at the end of this line in K.7897 in Földi 2021, 199: A+19. The var. in the LB school tablet BM.37270+ uses the verb šeʾû “to seek (out)” instead of ešēru in the NA text K.7897, perhaps by a misreading or misinterpretation.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [lag]âša i-šír-ma (∥ i-ši-⸢ir⸣-ma ; [i]-⸢si-ir⸣) i[dilta]š ipte Ludlul III 99 eBL “(my congested throat) was evacuated (from) its [fro]th and he o[pened] its locking”. Restorations (for Ludlul III 99) according to comm. K.3291 r 13. Diff. Oshima 2014, 99 (“he sent straight down (i.e. removed) its scales and opened its blockage”).

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) qerbūšu i-šá-ru-šú Sakikkû XXII 10 “his innards are emptied for him”. Corresponds to 16 in Heeßel 2000. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [šumma ṣabissuma qerbū]šu i-ši-ru Sakikkû XIX/XX 128′ “[if it has seized him and] his [innards] empty themselves (lit.: straightened up)”. Corresponds to 108′a in Heeßel 2000. Preceded by urinating and followed by vomiting. new

12. ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem) mārta ina šuburrišu SI.SÁ-am-ma imât Sakikkû XVI 58 “(if) he purges bile through his anus, he will die”. Corresponds to 70′ in Heeßel 2000. See similar Sakikkû XVI 59 (71′ in Heeßel 2000). Diff. Heeßel 2000, 184 and 192 (“er Galle durch seinen After ausscheidet: Er wird sterben,” understanding the phrase as part of the protasis but it is assumed here to represent a condition for the following prognosis). new

13. Št₁Št₁-stem (Š with t-infix)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) Št₁Št₁-stem (Š with t-infix) itti bārî u šāʾili dīnšu (u purussûšu) uš-te-šer BAM 3, 315 iii 15 “his case (and his decision) are given correctly by the haruspex and dream interpreter”. also SpTU 22+85 i 50.

54. Št₂Št₂-stem (Š with t-infix)

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts Št₂Št₂-stem (Š with t-infix) šu-⸢te-ši⸣-ir padānu Gilg. OB Harmal₂ 15 eBL “the path is straight”. On šutēšir instead of šutēšur, see George 2003, 258. A similar form is šu-te-ši-ir mātim BWL 155: 4 (AHw. 254 e. Št 6f).

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts Št₂Št₂-stem (Š with t-infix) māt Šumerim u Ak[kadim] uš-te-še-er (∥ si íb-ta-an-[sá]) RIME 4, 413: 15 “I provided justice (in) the land of Sumer and Ak[kad]”.

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts Št₂Št₂-stem (Š with t-infix) [ṣī]t pīja ul-te-te-šèr ORA 7, 210: 45 SEAL “he set my [utt]erance aright”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) Št₂Št₂-stem (Š with t-infix) ina qerbīt nišīja šu-te-⸢ši⸣-ri-im (∥ ⸢šu-te⸣-ši-ra-⸢am⸣) tālittim RINBE 1/1, 178 iii 30 “(Ninmaḫ,) let there be for me easy bearing of offspring among my people”. see also RINBE 1/1, 224 ii 13.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) Št₂Št₂-stem (Š with t-infix) adī uš-te-eš-še-ra rāmanu ORA 7, 322: 70 eBL “until he provides himself with justice”.

25. NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)

MA-LitMA-Lit: Middle Assyrian literary texts NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) ina ūmēšuma ina ašrē namrāṣe pušuq ḫuršānē ana pan ummānātēja in-néš-ru-ni-ma Wilcke 2010, 431 ii 22 “at that time they rushed in front of my troops in difficult terrain, (in) a ravine of the mountains”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) murṣ[u] munnišu ⸢elīja⸣ in-né-eš-ra Ludlul II 50 eBL “a debilitating illness set out against me”.

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