šu zig [RAISE THE HAND]

(45 instances)

šu zig [RAISE THE HAND] (45x: ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. šu zig3 "'to raise the hand'; to rise; to plunder" Akk. nanduru; qātu našû; tebû

(šu[hand] + zig[rise])

[1] cuneiform ŠU ZI šu zig3
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3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. 'to raise the hand'

2. to rise

3. to plunder

Akk. nanduru "intertwined ??? very wild, furious"; qātu našû "raise o.'s hands in prayer"; tebû "to get up, arise, set out".

[2000] F. Karahashi, Sumerian Compound Verbs 173.

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