ṣamāru
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Meanings:
to wish, strive for
de:German: Deutsch wünschen, erstreben
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), 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), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ṣmrIII – vowel class undeterminedVowel class undetermined (insufficient evidence)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtGt-stem (G with t-infix), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
Etymology: Inherited
2Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts GtGt-stem (G with t-infix) eṭlūja ti-iṣ-ma-ra d[anāna]m? ḫussā nakrīkunu k[ī ? ..]. Zimrī-Līm Epic iii 44 SEAL “my young men, wish fervently for s[trengt]h(?)! Pay attention to your enemies l[ike(?) ..].”
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts GtGt-stem (G with t-infix) wēdēnūššu eṭlum ul illak gerr[am] šarrum zikruš DN etelma iṣ-ṣa-am-ma-ar elī mutī kimtišu Zimrī-Līm Epic iii 32 SEAL “(but) the young man did not go alone on camp[aign]—the king, by the word of DN, was pre-eminent and could trust on (lit.: doggedly wish for) the men of his kin”.