tam [TRUST] V/t (20x) Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. tam; dam; tam-tam; ^ta-^amtam; PI "to trust; to believe; to favor"

See šag tam[unmng]V/t.

[1]	𒌓	tam
[2]	𒁮	dam
[3]	𒌓𒌓	tam-tam
[4]	𒋫𒄠𒌓	^ta-^amtam
[5]	𒉿	PI
+	--ma=m.a (6x/30%).

	OAkk	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	3	1	9	1
[2]			3
[3]			2
[4]				1
[5]

15 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Akkadian (3x/15%)

Ur III (1x/5%)

Old Babylonian (14x/70%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/5%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/5%)

Verbal prefixes: V ; V.na ; Vmma.i ; ba.i ; ga ; na.V.m ; nu.V.da.i .

Senses:

1. to trust (20x/100%)

2. to believe

3. to favor

Akk. qīapu [to trust].

Bibliography

[2011] M. Civil, CUSAS 17 234.

[2006] G. Marchesi, Lumma 111-112 wn571.

Lexical Associations

ittu[sign]N x (// zib[mark] tam[trust])

zib₂ tam-tam-ma = it-⸢tum⸣ [...] (N 0970 o 3).

qiāpu[(en)trust]V (// šag[heart] tam[trust])

[šag₄] [^ta]-⸢^am⸣tam = qa-[a-pu] (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 r i 20').

References for all phrases

ama[mother] tam[trust]

ama tam-ma (OB Nippur Lu 338).

zib[mark] tam[trust]

zib₂ tam-tam-ma = it-⸢tum⸣ [...] (N 0970 o 3).

šag[heart] tam[trust]

[šag₄] [^ta]-⸢^am⸣tam = qa-[a-pu] (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 r i 20').

šu[hand] tam[trust]

šu tam-[ma] (Nippur Nigga 248).

šu tam-ma = qa₂-tum e-eb-be₂-⸢tum⸣ (MSL 13, pp. 93, 113 K r i 5).