laḫāmu II
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Variant: leḫēmu
Meanings:
to eat
de:German: Deutsch essen
Distribution: NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: lḫmIII
Etymology: Borrowed < Aram.Aramaic According to Beaulieu 2013, 372f., followed by Zadok 2022, 120, a loan from Aram. which ousted Akk. lêmu in NB and LB.
1Attestations
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) NINDAḫi.a il-ḫi-im dubsar 3, 212: 21 “he has eaten the bread”.
Discussion
The infinitive la-ḫa-mu cited AHw. likely belongs to laḫāmu III (see also CAD).