dim [CREATE] V/t (4014x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. dim₂; dim₂-dim₂; di; di-me; dim; di-im₃; dim₂^di-^im "to create, fashion, make, manufacture; to replace?; to bring forth?"

See šu dim[build]V/t.

[1]	𒁶	dim₂
[2]	𒁶𒁶	dim₂-dim₂
[3]	𒁲	di
[4]	𒁲𒈨	di-me
[5]	𒁴	dim
[6]	𒁲𒉘	di-im₃
[7]	𒁶𒁲𒅎	dim₂^di-^im
+	--ma=m.a (180x/4%); --ma=ma.a (1x/0%); --me=m+e (7x/0%); --me=m.e (28x/1%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		3	25		18	56	3221	559	45	16
[2]			3			3	5	48	3
[3]								3
[4]								2
[5]								1	1
[6]										1
[7]								1

233 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (3x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (28x/1%)

Old Akkadian (18x/0%)

Lagash II (59x/1%)

Ur III (3226x/80%)

Old Babylonian (614x/15%)

Middle Babylonian (7x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (31x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (5x/0%)

Hellenistic (6x/0%)

unknown (17x/0%)

Verbal prefixes: V ; V.V.m ; V.b ; V.ba.da.n ; V.m ; V.mu.a.ni ; V.n ; V.na ; V.na.ni.n ; V.ne ; V.ne.ši.n ; V.ra ; V.ra.b ; Vmma ; Vmma.n ; Vmma.ni ; Vmma.ni.n ; Vmma.ši.n ; al ; ba ; ba.a ; ba.b ; ba.da.b ; ba.da.n ; ba.e ; ba.i ; ba.i.b ; ba.i.n ; ba.n ; ba.ni.b ; bara ; bara.V.n ; ga ; ga.V.b ; ga.V.na.b ; ga.mu.ra.b ; ha ; ha.V.b ; ha.V.m ; ha.V.na.b ; ha.ba ; ha.ba.i.n ; ha.mu ; ha.mu.a ; ha.mu.a.b ; ha.mu.n ; ha.mu.na ; he ; he.mu.n ; inga ; mu ; mu.V ; mu.a ; mu.b ; mu.da ; mu.e ; mu.i ; mu.i.n ; mu.n ; mu.n.ši.b ; mu.na ; mu.na.n ; mu.na.ni.b ; mu.na.ni.n ; mu.ne ; mu.ne.n ; mu.ni ; mu.ni.n ; mu.ra.e ; mu.ra.i ; mu.ra.n ; na.V.b ; na.V.n ; na.V.na.b ; na.V.ni.b ; na.V.ra ; na.ba ; nu ; nu.V.b ; nu.V.b.da.n ; nu.V.ta ; nu.b.da ; nu.mu ; nu.mu.b ; nu.mu.da ; nu.mu.na.n ; nu.mu.ne ; nu.mu.ni.n ; u.V.n ; u.V.ta ; u.Vmma.i ; u.al ; u.ba.i.n ; u.mu ; u.mu.e ; u.mu.e.ni ; u.mu.n ; u.mu.na ; u.mu.ni.n ; x ; x.n ; x.ne.i ; ~ ; ša ; ši.nne.ba .

Senses:

1. to create, fashion, make, manufacture (4014x/100%)

2. to replace?

3. to bring forth?

Akk. banû.

Bibliography

[1989] P. Steinkeller, SDU 286.

dim₂

(OB Nippur Ea 531; CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 5', i' 6', i' 7', i' 8', i' 9').

(Ebla Sign List 94).

Lexical Associations

banû[create]V (// dim[create])

dim₂ = ba-nu-u (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 19; CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 5').

bašû[exist]V (// dim[create])

dim₂ = ba-šu-u (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 20; CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 7').

epēšu[do]V (// dim[create])

dim₂ = e-pe-šu₂ (CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 6').

dim₂ = e-pe-šu₂ (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 19a).

⸢mu⸣-un-na-dim₂ = u₂-še-piš (2R 39, 04, K 04315 o i 6'; MSL SS 1, p. 059 catalogue 1924-1479 o i 11; Babyloniaca 7, pl. 02, K 07678 o i 11; Iraq 06, 01 + 11 o i 11; MSL SS 1, p. 058 catalogue 1924-0904 o i' 6', o ii' 8').

maṣû[correspond]V (// dim[create])

dim₂ = ma-ṣu-u₂ (CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 9').

šalāṭu[rule]V (// dim[create])

dim₂ = ša₂-la-ṭu (CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 8').

epēšu[do]V (// a[water] dim[create])

a mu-⸢un^?-na^?-dim₂⸣ = [u₂]-⸢še⸣-piš (MSL SS 1, p. 059 catalogue 1924-1514 o i 6').

kīma[like]PRP mannu[who?]QP (// aba[who?] dim[create])

a-ba-gin₇ dim₂-ma = ⸢ki⸣-ma ma-an-[nu-um] (SLT 003 o ii 11).

kīam[thus]AV maṣi[(but) since]AV (// nenam[so] dim[create])

ne-nam al-dim₂^di-^im = ki-a-am ma-ṣi (PBS 05, 140 [OBGT XII] 11/12).

kīma[like]PRP qaqqullu[(a plant)]N liš-x (// teme[plant] dim[create])

^u₂teme-gin₇ ḫe₂-dim₂-e = ki-ma qa-[qu-li] liš-[...] (CT 19, pl. 46, K 04597 o ii 7).

References for all phrases

dim[create]

ab-dim₂-me-en = e-pe-eš (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 6=86).

⸢ba⸣-dim₂ (IM 070209 o i 38).

dim₂ (MSL 14, 029 Lf r ii' 15; Ebla Sign List 94; MSL 14, 022 Ez o 7'; OB Nippur Ea 531; MSL 14, 029 Lg o 2; MSL 14, 026 Ih r ii 8'; PBS 05, 117 + 118 o v' 13'; MSL 14, 018 Bb r v 59).

dim₂-ma (CUNES 52-10-146 a v 3').

dim₂-ma = ⸢be⸣-el le-mu-ti (MSLSSI, 17-27 ii 46).

dim₂-ma-ab = e-pu-[uš] (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 4=84).

dim₂-⸢ma⸣-na-ab = e-pu-su-um (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 14=94).

ga-ab-dim₂ = lu-pu-uš (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 5=85).

ga-⸢an⸣-na-ab-dim₂ = lu-pu-su-um (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 15=95).

ga-mu-ra-ab-dim₂ = lu-pu-ša-ku-um (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 10=90).

ḫa-ma-ab-dim₂-e = li-pu-ša-am (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 21=101).

ḫe₂-⸢dim₂⸣-e-ne = li-pu-šu (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 11=91).

ḫe₂-en-na-ab-dim₂-e = li-pu-su-um (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 16=96).

ḫe₂-en-na-ab-dim₂-e-ne = li-pu-šu-šum (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 17=97).

ḫe₂-ib₂-dim₂-e = li-pu-uš (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 8=88).

⸢mu⸣-ub-dim₂-e = i-pe^!(BU-)ša-am (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 19=99).

mu-⸢un-na⸣-dim₂ = [...] (MB Ura 01 Seg.1, 11; MSL SS 1, p. 060 catalogue 1930-0232e o ii' 6'; Iraq 06, 02 o 2').

na-ab-dim₂-e = la i-pe-eš (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 9=89).

na-⸢ab-dim₂⸣-e-ne = la i-pe-šu (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 12=92).

na-an-[na]-ab-dim₂-e = la <<ni>>-ip-pe-su-um (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 13=93).

⸢na⸣-an-na-ab-dim₂-e-ne = la i-pe-šu-šum (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 18=98).

nu-<mu>-ub-dim₂-e = u₂-la i-pe^!(BU-)ša-am (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 20=100).

nu-ub-dim₂-me-en = u₂-la e-pe-eš (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] ii 7=87).

[...]-⸢in-dim₂⸣ (CBS 01862 o i 2').

dim₂ = ba-nu-u (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 19; CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 5').

dim₂ = ba-šu-u (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 20; CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 7').

dim₂ = e-pe-šu₂ (CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 6').

dim₂ = e-pe-šu₂ (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 19a).

⸢mu⸣-un-na-dim₂ = u₂-še-piš (2R 39, 04, K 04315 o i 6'; MSL SS 1, p. 059 catalogue 1924-1479 o i 11; Babyloniaca 7, pl. 02, K 07678 o i 11; Iraq 06, 01 + 11 o i 11; MSL SS 1, p. 058 catalogue 1924-0904 o i' 6', o ii' 8').

dim₂ = ma-ṣu-u₂ (CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 9').

dim₂ = ša₂-la-ṭu (CT 12, pl. 27, BM 047935 i' 8').

dim[create] garig[comb]

dim₂ garig₂(LAK524) (ED Lu E 38).

dim[create] i-i

dim₂ i-i (ED Lu E 39).

dim[create] illar[weapon]

dim₂ illar(RU) (ED Lu E 36).

dim[create] kid[mat]

dim₂ kid (ED Lu E 35).

dim[create] pana[bow]

dim₂ pana (ED Lu E 37).

dim[create] šidim[builder]

dim₂ šidim (Anonymous 447997 r i 5).

x dim[create]

[...] ⸢dim₂^?⸣ (MSL SS 1, 043 o? i' 4').

a[water] dim[create]

a mu-⸢un^?-na^?-dim₂⸣ = [u₂]-⸢še⸣-piš (MSL SS 1, p. 059 catalogue 1924-1514 o i 6').

aba[who?] dim[create]

a-ba-gin₇ al-dim₂ (OB Nippur Kagal 509; N 5107 o i 1').

a-ba-gin₇ dim₂-ma = ⸢ki⸣-ma ma-an-[nu-um] (SLT 003 o ii 11).

alan[image] dim[create]

⸢alan⸣ dim₂-dim₂ (OB Nippur Lu 680).

dub[tablet] dim[create]

dub dim₂-me (OB Nippur Lu 788).

lu[person] niŋhulu[evil] dim[create]

lu₂ niŋ₂-ḫul dim₂-ma (MSL SS 1, p. 07 C o i frg.2 17'').

nenam[so] dim[create]

ne-nam al-dim₂^di-^im = ki-a-am ma-ṣi (PBS 05, 140 [OBGT XII] 11/12).

pana[bow] dim[create]

pana dim₂-dim₂ (OB Nippur Lu 681).

teme[plant] dim[create]

^u₂teme-gin₇ ḫe₂-dim₂-e = ki-ma qa-[qu-li] liš-[...] (CT 19, pl. 46, K 04597 o ii 7).

ŋeš[tree] dim[create]

ŋeš dim₂-⸢ma⸣ (CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 d ii 3').

ŋeš nu-dim₂-⸢ma⸣ (CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 d ii 4').

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