hal [DIVIDE]

(55 instances)

hal [DIVIDE] (55x: ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. hal-ha; ha-la; hal "to divide, deal out, distribute; to perform an extispicy; to open; a secret; to pour away; to sieve; to slink, crawl away; a qualification of grain" Akk. barû; halālu; nazālu; petû; pirištu; zâzu; šahālu

[1] cuneiform HAL.HA hal-ha
[2] cuneiform HA.LA ha-la
[3] cuneiform HAL hal
+ -0 (41x/75%); -la (14x/25%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 4 2 13
[2] 7 2 5
[3] 6

34 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to divide, deal out, distribute (55x/100%)

~ ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu e-ha-la 2(AŠ×DIŠ@t) VS 14, 159 r iv 7; zi3 kas ninda hal-ha VS 14, 191 o i 4; e-ha-la 1(AŠ×DIŠ@t) VS 25, 022 r viii 2. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown e-ne-ha-la 6(AŠ×DIŠ@t) Nik 1, 213 r i 6. ELA/Ur III/Drehem kuš-bi aga-us2-e ba-ab-ha-la PDT 1, 212 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma [x] šuku* zi3* [x] hal-ha CST 528 4; hal-ha UTI 6, 3748 6. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[hal]] = = = pi-ri-iš-tum YBC 05026 17. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu [e-ha-la] DP 045 r iv 1; ba-ha-la 4(AŠ×DIŠ@t) DP 049 r ii 3; hal-ha-dam DP 051 r ii 7; hal-ha-dam DP 222 2'; e-ne-ha-la 4(AŠ×DIŠ@t) DP 339 r iii 5; hal-ha-dam RTC 058 r iv 2; e-ne-ha-la 3(AŠ×DIŠ@t) BIN 08, 349 r v 4. unknown/Ur III/Umma im-bi nu-ha-la nu-gi-in SNAT 506 4.

See: apap hal; zilulu šu hal sil.

2. to perform an extispicy

3. to open

4. a secret

5. to pour away

6. to sieve

7. to slink, crawl away

8. a qualification of grain

Akk. barû "to see, look at"; halālu "to confine, shut away"; nazālu "to pour out, drain away"; petû "to open"; pirištu "secret"; zâzu "to divide"; šahālu "to sieve, filter".

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 42.

See ETCSL: hal=to divide out; hal-hal=qualification of plant.

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