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naḫāsu

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Variant: neḫēsu

Meanings:

to (re)cede, go back, retreat

(zurück)weichen, zurückgehen, sich zurückziehen

s'éloigner, reculer, battre en retraite

Distribution:

Grammar:

pos: root: stem: , , , ,

Logogram: LAL

Etymology: Inherited Cf. Ugar. nḫš “to go back(?)”, see KWU 89; Arab. nks “to reverse”, see Wehr 1171, see Schneider 2024, 145, 209 (with more cognates).

1 Lexical

Commentaries

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [iḫtaniṭṭaš]šu : LÁ : ḫâṭu : LAL : na-ḫa-su CunMon. 49/2, 213: 5 “[it constantly overcomes] him (is logographically written) LÁ (meaning) to weigh (upon) (idiom.: to overcome) (but) LÁ (read LAL means also) to recede”. Commentary Sakikkû X 2. ^new

21. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) šumma ina rebītišu maḫiṣma zīmūšu i-na-ḫi-su (|| [i-n]a?-aḫ-ḫi-su) Sakikkû XIV 176′ “if he is affected in his lower groin and his facial features are sunken”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) šēp šumēlišu i[ḫ-ḫ]i?*-is qāt ⸢Ištar⸣ Sakikkû XXXIII 115b “his left foot recedes – (this is caused by) the hand of Ištar”. See also Sakikkû XXXIII 116b (ana arkatišu i[ḫ-ḫ]i?*-is qāt il ālišu). For additional readings see Schmidtchen 2025, 188. ^new

12. GtGt-stem (G with t-infix)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GtGt-stem (G with t-infix) liddappirū lit-te-eḫ-su Fs. Lambert, 202: 12 “(illnesses) shall be banished, they shall retreat”. see Streck 2003, 50.

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See also:

naḫsu, niḫistu

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