lirum [STRENGTH] (35x: Old Babylonian) wr. lirum; lirum3; lirum2; lirum6; lirum7; lirum8 "strength; force; (to be) strong, powerful, mighty, great; (to be) resistant, obstinate, combative, quarrelsome; a noble; (crook of the) arm; wrestler" Akk. abaru; dannu; emûqu; gāmiru; kamiru; kirimmu; umašu; šapşu; šitnunu; šitpuşu
[1] |
![]() |
lirum |
[2] |
![]() |
lirum3 |
[3] |
![]() |
lirum2 (liru2) |
[4] |
![]() |
lirum6 |
[5] |
![]() |
lirum7 |
[6] |
![]() |
lirum8 |
+ | -0 (31x/89%); -ma (4x/11%). |
~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur
See: amar lirum.
Akk. abaru "a kind of clamp; embrace, physical strength"; dannu "strong, powerful, mighty, great"; emûqu "strength"; gāmiru "strong, effective"; kamiru "a noble?"; kirimmu "(crook of) arm (as protection)"; umašu "strength"; šapşu "recalcitrant, obstinate"; šitnunu "combative"; šitpuşu "quarrelsome".
[1993] W. Sallaberger, Kalender 178 n838.
See ETCSL: lirum=clutching.
ePSD
contacts: Steve
Tinney and Philip Jones.