ṭēmu

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) aššum ṭe₄-a-am … FM 9, 130 no. 25: 7, 11 “concerning the report about …”. Construct state ṭeʾam. ^new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) šillatu magrītu lū ikkibūka lezēna ē tātami ṭè-mu (∥ ⸢ṭè-me⸣) lā kīni Counsels of Wisdom: 30 ↗eBL “impudence and malice shall be taboos for you! Do not speak (anything) derisive (or give) an(y) untrue report!”

MB-EkalteMB-Ekalte: Middle Babylonian texts from Ekalte (ca. 1500–1200 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ṭe₄-ma-tum annīʾam rubbāma ul ṭe₄-mu WVDOG 102, 36: 32f. “the orders are replaced with respect to this(?), and there is no order any more”. ^new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) parriku ṣīru ša ana ṭé-me-et ilī upaqqu RIMA 1, 7: 6 “the supreme protector(?) who heeds the decisions of the gods”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ina ṭubbātima ṭè-en-šú-nu taššakkin Counsels of Wisdom: 24 ↗eBL “in (your) friendliness you will be issued with their orders”. Cf. the different translation in Földi 2022 (“With the best of intentions you will adopt their way of thinking”). However, the combination of ṭēmu and šakānu is usually understood as “to issue/give order”; see CAD Ṭ 91f. ṭēmu 2b.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts DN muḫḫašu limḫaṣma ṭe₄-em-šu lišannī Wilcke 2017, 744: 92 “DN shall hit his skull and thus derange his reasoning”.

MA-LitMA-Lit: Middle Assyrian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) itte milik ṭé-mi-ia amdalik BBVoT 2, 24: 7 “I consulted myself (lit.: with the decision of my planning)”. ^new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ⸢itti⸣ ⸢rīqi⸣ lā bābil šipri ana šitūlti ē tallik ... enqa bajjašâ tusarrar ṭè-en-ka Counsels of Wisdom: 26 ↗eBL “do not consult with an ⸢idle (person)⸣ who does not perform (any) work! ... you will deceive your (own) wise and modest reason”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) kī petê u katāmi ⸢ṭè⸣-em-ši-na (∥ ṭè-en-ši-na) šitni Ludlul II 43 ↗eBL “within a moment, their (viz. the numerous people’s) mind is changed”. Diff. Hätinen 2022a (“What (the gods) intend for people changes at the blinking of an eye”) and Oshima 2014, 89 (“In a wink (lit.: like opening and closing), their luck (i.e. people ' s fate) constantly changes.”).

UMUŠSBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) UMUŠ-šú inakkiršumma Sakikkû III 43 “his reasoning changes for him”. See also Sakikkû III 79; Sakikkû VIII 20 and passim in Sakikkû. ^new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) lū kī ṭe₄-mi FM 1, 127: 10 ↗ARCHIBAB “what could be my decision?” i.e. “what shall I do?”, see also FM 1, 140: 48; cf. CAD Ṭ 86a. ^new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts ana kibrāt erbêm ṭe₄-em-šu ispuḫ Zimrī-Līm Epic i 21 ↗SEAL “he frustrated his (enemy’s) plan throughout the world”. See Guichard ib. 36; cf. ARM 28, 63: 17f.

UMUŠSBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) UMUŠ siliʾtišu inakkiršu Sakikkû XIV 63 “the development of his disease changes for him”.