eṣēlu

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Meanings:
to paralyze
de:German: Deutsch lähmen
fr:French: Français paralyser
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾṣlI/ʾ; I/e (primae ʾaleph) – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), DtDt-stem (D with t-infix), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem), NtnNtn-stem (N with tan-infix, iterative)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Hebr. ʿṣl “an etw. haften” (Niph. “träge sein”), see Gesenius 632f. (cf. perhaps also Arab. ʿẓl (III) with kalāma “sich beim Reden wiederholen”, Wehr 852 or more likely ʿḍl (IV) “schwierig, problematisch sein/werden”, see Wehr 847); Syr.-Aram. ʿṭl (Dt) “to be difficult, obscure”, see Sokoloff 2009, 1092.
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Commentaries

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) (comm.) NtnNtn-stem (N with tan-infix, iterative) in-né-ṣil : i-ta-an-ṣu-lu : rabāba CunMon. 49/2, 237: 5 “(his hip) becomes paralyzed (as in) to keep becoming paralyzed (meaning) to be(come) weak”. Commentary Sakikkû XIV 25.

11. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) qātāšu u šēpāšu eṣ-la Sakikkû X 18 “his hands and feet are paralyzed”. See also BM.40183 + o 13′ (or second section l. 8; magical-therapeutic context). Note the partially similar entry Schmidtchen 2021, 34 i (= iv!) 17′ (noting ušqallalā “are hanging down”). new

12. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) š[ēp]āšu uṣ-ṣú-la Sakikkû XI 42 “his [fee]t are paralyzed”. See also Sakikkû XIV: 232′ (of toes). new

23. DtDt-stem (D with t-infix)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DtDt-stem (D with t-infix) qātāšu u šēpāšu ⸢ú⸣-ta-ṣa-la Sakikkû XXIX 33′ “his hands and his feet become paralyzed”. Corresponds to 75′ in Heeßel 2000 (not transcribed or translated). new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DtDt-stem (D with t-infix) [šumma qātāšu] ⸢ú⸣-ta-ṣa-la : ūta⸢kka⸣ṣa uttappaḫ[ā?] Sakikkû XI 35 “[if his hands] become paralyzed : they become debilitated (and) inflam[ed?]”. new

14. NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) šumma giliš im[ittiš]u in-né-ṣil Sakikkû XIV 25 “if hi[s rig]ht hip becomes paralyzed”. See also Sakikkû XIV 26f., 28 (Ntn), and 30 (restored; Ntn, of tendons). new

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