ezēḫu
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Variant: esēḫu
Meanings:
to gird, tie on
de:German: Deutsch umgürten, anlegen
fr:French: Français ceinturer, mettre
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MA-LitMA-Lit: Middle Assyrian literary texts, SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾzḫI/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)+, DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
Etymology: Inherited No exact Semitic etymology is known yet, but note similar Aram./Syr. ḥzq “to gird; to depart”, see Sokoloff 2002, 447; Sokoloff 2009, 440; Tal 2000, 261.
1Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) né-en-zi-iḫ nē[beḫa] RA 101, 66: 61 (Gilg.) eBL “gird yourself with a be[lt!]”. || SB na-an-zi-i[ḫ!] Gilg. SB II 28.