ḫaṭāpu

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Variant: ḫeṭēpu
Meanings:
to wipe away (tears) (?)
de:German: Deutsch (Tränen) wegwischen (?)
fr:French: Français essuyer (des larmes) (?)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ḫṭpIII – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
Etymology: Inherited According to Gabbay 2004, 179f. (cf. also AHw 1560), the verb belongs to Sem. ḫṭp (Hebr. ḥṭp) with a meaning “to take away, make a hasty action” (in contrast to Sem. ḥtp related to destruction as in Arab. ḥatf “death” as well as the mngs. “to break” in Syr. and “to slaughter” (ḫatāpu) in Akk. and Ugar. A meaning “to wipe (tears) away” is thus suggested.
21. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [n]assu lā nāṭilu i-ḫe-eṭ-ṭì-ip dīmtu [aššu]m? niklātu amēluttu dimmatamma i-ḫe-eṭ-ṭì-ip ORA 7, 318: 23f. eBL “he sheds a tear, [becau]se of the trickery of mankind he sheds tears”. Parallel to ibakki „he weeps” in l. 22. Cf. Hecker 2013, 92.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [aššum] qabât lemuttašu i-ḫe-eṭ-ṭì-ip dīmti ORA 7, 318: 26 eBL “[because] his evil was ordered he sheds a tear”. Parallel to ibakki “he weeps” in l. 25.

12. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) dīmatuš sic ḫu-ṭù-pa-at UET 6/2, 396: 23 SEAL “her tear was shed”. See already AHw 1580 (incorrectly quoted as ḫu-ṭù-pa).

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