edēqu

Commentaries

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) e-de-qu : DU₈ ⸢:?*⸣ [...] labkā CunMon. 49/2, 284 o. 6 “to tie on (means?) DU₈ (meaning) [to loosen(?)] (which means) they(?) are flexible/soft”. Commentary Sakikkû XXI 17′(?). Following an argument on the meaning of supposedly etēqu II “to bend, break” (D). Diff. Wee 2019, 286 (“To bend means ...” assuming the form still belongs to etēqu II). ^new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ištânu eṭlu atar šikit⸢ta⸣ [minât]i šurruḫ lubušta ud-⸢du-uq⸣ (var.: uddu[ḫ?]) Ludlul III 10 ↗eBL “in my dream,) there was a certain young man, outstanding in physique, splendid in stature (and) dressed (var.: partially covered) in a (specific?) garment”. Diff. Hätinen 2022b (“wrapped in a cloak”; reading -⸢uḫ⸣ for edēḫu D “to cover with patches”) and Oshima 2014, 94f. (“and fresh (lit.: renewed) in (his) clothing”; reading -⸢uš⸣ for edēšu D “to be(come) new”). IM.124581 might be read u[ḫ] (or u[g!]), but BM.99811: 7 shows clearly [u]g. See now also Hätinen 2025, 10 (BM.48732 o 6′ [... ud-du]-⸢uq⸣).