palil [FOREMOST] AJ (50x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian wr. palil; palil₂^pa-^al-^lil; palil₂ "first and foremost, pre-eminent"

[1]	𒅆𒁺	palil
[2]	𒅆𒂠𒁺𒂟𒉺𒀠𒇸	palil₂^pa-^al-^lil
[3]	𒅆𒂠𒁺𒂟	palil₂

	ED IIIb	OAkk	OB	Post-OB
[1]	1	1	44	3
[2]				1
[3]

14 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/2%)

Old Akkadian (1x/2%)

Old Babylonian (44x/88%)

Middle Assyrian (3x/6%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/2%)

Senses:

1. first and foremost, pre-eminent (50x/100%)

Akk. ašarēdu.

palil

= ālik mahra (Moussaieff OB Aa o iii 35).

= ašarēdu (MAOG 3/3 47-55 o ii 1, o ii 2, o ii 3).

= illat ṣābim (OB Nippur Diri 127).

Lexical Associations

ahu[brother]N rabû[big]AJ (// palil[foremost])

palil = a-ḫu-um ra-bu-um (OB Nippur Diri 128).

ašarēdu[first and foremost]AJ (// palil[foremost])

palil = a-⸢ša⸣-[re-du-um] (OECT 04, 152 a ii 40').

ašarēdu[pre-eminent one]N (// palil[foremost])

palil = a-[ša-re-du] (MAOG 3/3 47-55 o ii 1).

illatu[band]N ša[of]DET x (// palil[foremost])

palil₂^pa-^al-^lil = MIN<(il-la-tu₂)> ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] (CT 19, pl. 48-49, K 00026 o ii 23').

illatu[band]N ṣābu[people]N (// palil[foremost])

palil = il-la-at ṣa-bi-im (OB Nippur Diri 127).

piqittu[allocation]N ṣābu[people]N (// palil[foremost])

palil = ⸢pi⸣-qi₂-it-ti ṣa-bi-⸢im⸣ (OB Nippur Diri 127a).

āliku[goer]N mahra[in front]AV (// palil[foremost])

palil = a-li-ik ma-aḫ-ra (Moussaieff OB Aa o iii 35).

āliku[goer]N mahru[front]N (// palil[foremost])

palil = a-lik maḫ-⸢ri⸣ (MAOG 3/3 47-55 o ii 3).

āliku[goer]N x (// palil[foremost])

palil = a-lik [...] (MAOG 3/3 47-55 o ii 2).

References for all phrases

palil[foremost]

⸢palil⸣ (OB Nippur Lu 774).