bir [SCATTER] V/t (59x) Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic wr. bir; bir-bir; bi-bi-re; bir-bir^ri; ḪI-ḪI^bi-^ir; bi-ib-re; bi-ir-bi-ra; bir(ḪI×KUR); ḪI-ḪI; bi; bir₉ "to scatter, disperse"

[1]	𒄵	bir
[2]	𒄵𒄵	bir-bir
[3]	𒁉𒁉𒊑	bi-bi-re
[4]	𒄵𒄵𒊑	bir-bir^ri
[5]	𒄭𒄭𒁉𒅕	ḪI-ḪI^bi-^ir
[6]	𒁉𒅁𒊑	bi-ib-re
[7]	𒁉𒅕𒁉𒊏	bi-ir-bi-ra
[8]		bir(ḪI×KUR)
[9]	𒄭𒄭	ḪI-ḪI
[10]	𒁉	bi
[11]	𒉈	bir₉
+	--ra=r.a (2x/3%); --re=r+e (1x/2%); --re=r.e (18x/31%).

	OAkk	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	1		22	6
[2]		1	12	8
[3]		1	2
[4]			2
[5]				1
[6]			1
[7]			1
[8]			1
[9]
[10]
[11]

32 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Akkadian (1x/2%)

Ur III (2x/3%)

Old Babylonian (41x/69%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (8x/14%)

Neo-Babylonian (3x/5%)

Persian (1x/2%)

Hellenistic (2x/3%)

Verbal prefixes: V ; V.b ; V.n ; V.ra.n ; al ; ba ; ba.i ; ha ; ha.ba.ta ; ha.mu.da.n ; mu ; mu.na ; nu ; u.mu.ni ; ši.n .

Senses:

1. to scatter, disperse (59x/100%)

Akk. sapāhu.

bir

= sapāhu (Ea 05 101; OB Nippur Ea 377).

Lexical Associations

sapāhu[scatter]V (// bir[scatter])

bir = sa-[pa]-⸢ḫu⸣ (Ea 05 101; CUSAS 12, 1.1.1 r 17; CT 12, pl. 24, BM 038129 o ii 21; CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 o i 6'; CUSAS 12, 1.2.1 o 33).

epinnu[(seed) plough]N ša[that]REL unūtu[tools]N ša[that]REL suppuhu[scattered]AJ (// apin[plow] akar[implement] bir[scatter])

apin a₂-kar₂ bir-bir-re = e-bi-in-nu ša u₂-nu-tu ša ṣu-[up-pu-ḫu] (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iii 11').

ša[of]DET quliptu[skin of scales]N (// lu[person] še[barley] bir[scatter] ak[do])

[lu₂] še bir ak = ša qu₃-li-ip-ti (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.3, 3).

išqarrurtu[(an agricultural implement)]N x-x (// nisakar[agricultural tool] bir[scatter])

[^ŋešni₂-saḫar] bir-bir-re = MIN<(iš-qa-ru-ur-tu)> ⸢x⸣-[...] [...] (RA 17, 145, K 04599+ i' 23').

šurruṭu[torn up one]N (// tug[textile] bir[scatter])

tug₂ bir-bir-ra = šur-ru-ṭu (Rm 0606+ r i 8).

ṣabāru[twinkle]V ša[of]DET libbu[interior]N (// šag[heart] bir[scatter])

šag₄ ḪI-ḪI^bi-^ir = MIN<(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)> ša₂ lib₃-bi (CT 12, pl. 40-41, K 00039 o ii 6).

References for all phrases

bir[scatter]

bir (MSL 14, 025 Hc r? ii' 5'; OB Nippur Ea 377; MSL 14, 018 Bb r iii 21).

bir-bir (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 427).

biri (MSL 14, 29 Lb b iii 21').

bir = sa-[pa]-⸢ḫu⸣ (Ea 05 101; CUSAS 12, 1.1.1 r 17; CT 12, pl. 24, BM 038129 o ii 21; CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 o i 6'; CUSAS 12, 1.2.1 o 33).

a[water] bir[scatter]

⸢a⸣ bir-re (OB Nippur Kagal 329').

apin[plow] akar[implement] bir[scatter]

apin a₂-kar₂ bir-bir-re = e-bi-in-nu ša u₂-nu-tu ša ṣu-[up-pu-ḫu] (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iii 11').

apin[plow] šukara[tool] bir[scatter]

^ŋešapin ^ŋeššu-kar₂^! bir-bir (IB 1512c + o iii 18).

⸢^ŋeš⸣apin ^ŋeššu-kar₂ bir-bir-⸢ra⸣ (BRM 4, 29 + 30 o ii 18).

lu[person] še[barley] bir[scatter] ak[do]

lu₂ še bir ak = mu-qa₂-li-pu-u₂ (MSL 12, 157 A 201).

[lu₂] še bir ak = ša qu₃-li-ip-ti (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.3, 3).

nisakar[agricultural tool] bir[scatter]

[^ŋešni₂-saḫar] bir-bir-re = MIN<(iš-qa-ru-ur-tu)> ⸢x⸣-[...] [...] (RA 17, 145, K 04599+ i' 23').

siki[hair] x bir[scatter]

[siki] ⸢x^?⸣ bir^?-re (BM 015780a b i 29, b i 30).

tug[textile] bir[scatter]

tug₂ bir-bir-ra = šur-ru-ṭu (Rm 0606+ r i 8).

šag[heart] bir[scatter]

šag₄ ḪI-ḪI^bi-^ir = MIN<(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)> ša₂ lib₃-bi (CT 12, pl. 40-41, K 00039 o ii 6).

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bir [SCATTER] (V/t)

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