ṣamātu
DRAFT
Alternative Reading: ṣamādu
Meanings:
to transfer (property)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ṣmtIII
Logogram: ŠÁM.TIL.LA
Etymology: Ug.Ugaritic (?) word Cf. also Aram./Syr. ṣmt “to gather together; to inhibit”, see Sokoloff 2017, 467; Jastrow 1290; Sokoloff 2009, 1294. Note the diff. mng. “to destroy; wipe out” for ṣmt given in DUL 775. Following van Soldt 1991, 244, the inconclusive forms in cuneiform script indicating a consonant T as last radical represent probably the cuneiform realization of ṣmd in Ugarit (see also HALOT 1032).
Discussion
For the discussion on the understanding of the root as either ṣmd or ṣmt, see van Soldt 1991, 244 (ṣmd) and Huehnergard 1987, 171f. (ṣmt).