saḫālu
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Variant: seḫēlu
Meanings:
to pierce, stab, prick; to tease
de:German: Deutsch durchbohren, er-, einstechen; necken
fr:French: Français percer, poignarder, piquer ; taquiner
Distribution: OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: sḫlIII – a/ua/u class (Present a, Preterite u), i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i) (occass.)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), DtnDtn-stem (D with tan-infix, iterative), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Arab. sḥl “scrape, strip off; smooth”, see Wehr 557.
2DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) u ina awâtim irṭubūma sú-uḫ-ḫu-la-am ARM 35, 95: 41 “and they proceeded to tease (lit. to pierce with words)”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) zaqtā niṭâtūšu ú-saḫ-ḫa-la zumra Ludlul I 21 eBL “his thrusts (with his horns) are sharp (and) they pierce the body”. niṭûtu is understood to represent the thrusting of the bull’s horns (cf. l. 13 ib.). Diff. Hätinen 2022 (“His scourge is barbed”). new