zakû II
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Meanings:
to be(come) clear, clean; to be(come) free
de:German: Deutsch klar, rein sein/werden; frei sein/werden
Distribution: OA onward(s)OA onward(s): Old Assyrian onwards (ca. 1900 BCE onwards), OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: zkwIII/w (tertiae infirmae) – u/uu/u class (Present u, Preterite u), i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i) (later)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), DtDt-stem (D with t-infix)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PSem. *ḏkj “to be pure” (see SEDo); note Hebr. zkj “to be pure”, see HALOT 269; Aram./Syr./Mand. dky “to be clean”, see Sokoloff 2002, 337; Sokoloff 2009, 301; Drower/Macúch 1963, 109.
2DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) [… R]aʾilājja ina ilki mandattu lā ú-zak-ki-šú-nu-[ti] RIMB 2, 325 no. 1002: 5 “he did(?) not exempt the Raʾilaens from ilku-duty and tribut (obligations)”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) mārašu ina ḫīṭi ú-zak-ki KAL 3, 128 VAT 15420 a 5 eBL “he cleansed his son from the sin”.