lirum [STRENGTH]

(35 instances)

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] cuneiform |ŠU.KAL| lirum
[2] cuneiform |GIŠ%GIŠ| lirum3
[3] cuneiform AŠ lirum2 (liru2)
[4] cuneiform |NUN%NUN| lirum6
[5] cuneiform |KAL%KAL| lirum7
[6] cuneiform |UR%UR| lirum8
+ -0 (31x/89%); -ma (4x/11%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 26
[2] 4
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]

11 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. strength (35x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur lirum(ŠU.KAL) = a-ba-rum Nigga 224; lirum(ŠU.KAL) = mu--ta-ap-şu Nigga 225; lirum(ŠU.KAL) = ki#-ri-mu Nigga 226; [[lirum]] = = ŠU.KAL = a-ba#-[ru]-um# OB Diri Nippur Seg.1, 5. LEX/Old Babylonian/Sippar [[lirum(<(ŠU)>.KAL)]] = = [KAL] = u2#-ma#-šum MSL 14, 122-127 09 1006. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[lirum?]] = = ŠU.KAL = ša#-a#-su2#-kum!? OB Diri "Oxford" 307; [[lirum?]] = = = ki#-[ri]-im-mu# OB Diri "Oxford" 308; [[lirum?]] = = = ga-me#-[rum] OB Diri "Oxford" 309; [[lirum?]] = = = mu--tap-şu2-[(um)] OB Diri "Oxford" 310; [[lirum?]] = = = le-hu-um OB Diri "Oxford" 311. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [lu2 lirum] = [ša a]-ba-ri OB Lu-Azlag A 320; lu2# lirum# = ša a-ba!-ri-im lu2-azlag B and C Seg.5, 4. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[lirum]] = li-ru-um = ŠU.KAL = ga#-ma#-[ru-um] RA 21, 178 iii 3; [[lirum]] = = = a-ba-ru-um# RA 21, 178 iii 4.

See: amar lirum.

2. force

3. (to be) strong, powerful, mighty, great

4. (to be) resistant, obstinate, combative, quarrelsome

5. a noble

6. (crook of the) arm

7. wrestler

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.


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