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.
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