ṣâdu I
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Meanings:
to prowl, roam, turn
de:German: Deutsch umherstreifen, umherziehen, sich umdrehen
fr:French: Français errer, vagabonder, faire demi-tour
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ṣwdII/w (mediae infirmae) – a/ua/u class (Present a, Preterite u)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), DtnDtn-stem (D with tan-infix, iterative)
Logogram:
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(Gtn and Dtn)
Etymology: Cf. PSem. *ṣjd/ṣwd “to go to and fro”, see Kogan 2015, 540 (but here as “to hunt, fish”; see also SEDo). Cf. also the similar meanings of the roots *zwr/*zjr and *ḏrw/*ḏrʾ discussed in Kogan 2015, 552.
1GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [šumma um]mu mitḫār ⸢i-ṣú-ud⸣ u narub Sakikkû XIX/XX 48′ “[if the fev]er is steady, he twitches and is moist”. Corresponds to 47′ in Heeßel 2000. For the reading see also Schmidtchen 2025, 170. new