pel [DEFILE]

pel [DEFILE] (43x: Old Babylonian) wr. pe-el-la₂; pe-el "to defile; to be thin, light" Akk. lu''û; qalālu

See šu pela[defile].

[1]		pe-el-la₂
[2]		pe-el
+	-0 (41x/95%); -la (1x/2%); -la₂ (1x/2%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]				18
[2]				11

16 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to defile (43x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu₂ pe^#-el^#-la₂ = qa₂^#-lu-u₂ OB Lu-Azlag A 337; lu₂ nundum pe-el-la₂ = ša ša-ba-šu qa₂-al-la OB Lu-Azlag A 341.

~ ĝešnimbar[palm]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^ĝišpi-el-la₂ nimbar OB Nippur Ura 1 95.

See: buniĝ pel; dubsar pel; eš pel.

2. to be thin, light

Akk. lu''û; qalālu "to be(come) light, weak, slight; of pig, to defile".

[1989] P. Michalowski, Lamentation over Sumer and Ur 73.

See ETCSL: pe-el=to defile.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.