epēru I
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Meanings:
to feed, to provide for
de:German: Deutsch ernähren, versorgen
fr:French: Français nourrir, subvenir aux besoins de
Distribution: OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE), OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards), MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾprI/ʾ; I/e (primae ʾaleph) – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtGt-stem (G with t-infix)+, ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem), ŠtŠt-stem (Š with t-infix), ŠtnŠtn-stem (Š with tan-infix, iterative)
Logogram: ŠE.BA
Etymology: Inherited Note Ugar. ḥpr „ration, supply“, see DUL 366 as well as Akk. ipru “barley ration, food allowance”; according to Kogan 2015, 334, *ḥpr “to provide with food” is an Akk.-Ugar. isogloss with unknown origin.
2GtGt-stem (G with t-infix)
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GtGt-stem (G with t-infix) balāṭam et-pi-ir ALL, 15 i 23 SEAL “provide yourself with life!” new
MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GtGt-stem (G with t-infix) et-pi-ir tibī et-pi-ir ṣīḫātīja ALL, 11: 11 SEAL “feed yourself, become erect, feed yourself with my love-making!” new