erbu II

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Meanings:
(sun)set
de:German: Deutsch (Sonnen-)Untergang
fr:French: Français coucher (de soleil)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: ʾrbI/ʾ; I/e (primae ʾaleph)pattern: PaRSverbal adjective of roots i--gem.
Logogram: ŠÚ.A
Etymology: Derived < erēbu Cf. PS *ʿrb/ġrb “to come in, to enter”, see Kogan 2015, 333; Bulakh 2013, 11‒13. Accordingly, the original meaning “to enter” has been preserved only in Akk. and Ugar. whereas WSem derivations show meanings like “to set (sun)” or “to stand surety” (SEDo).
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SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) [k]aṣâti = kīma dUTU ŠÚ.A CunMon. 49/2, 73: 8 “early morning (means) sunset”. Commentary Sakikkû II 50 (48 in Heeßel 2001/2002). Unusual. new

2Referring to cardinal points

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ištū ṣ[īt]iša ana er-bi-ša BagM 34, 140 ii 3 “from its (the land’s?) east to its west (lit. from ‘its rising’ to ‘its setting’)”. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GN in pūt ídšar-bi-i[t] in ṣīt šamši in e-reb šamši (|| dutu-šú-a-bi-da-ta) abnī RIME 4, 413: 29 “I built GN at the bank of the Šar-bi-it (?)-canal to the east (and) to the west”. new

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