zil [GOOD] V/i (43x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, unknown wr. zil₂-zil₂; zil₂; zi-le; zil; zi-il "(to be) good; (to be) benificent"

[1]	𒋳𒋳	zil₂-zil₂
[2]	𒋳	zil₂
[3]	𒍣𒇷	zi-le
[4]	𒉣	zil
[5]	𒍣𒅋	zi-il
+	--la=l.a (4x/9%); --la₂=l.a (1x/2%); --le=l.e (5x/12%).

	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		18		1
[2]		5	6
[3]		9
[4]		1	2
[5]	1

24 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (1x/2%)

Old Babylonian (33x/77%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/2%)

Neo-Babylonian (6x/14%)

unknown (1x/2%)

Verbal prefixes: al ; ba ; ba.n ; bara ; ha ; ha.mu.n ; nu .

Senses:

1. (to be) good (42x/98%)

2. (to be) benificent (1x/2%)

Akk. damāqu.

Bibliography

[1955] A. Kapp, ZA 51 86.

zil₂

= damāqu (Ea 05 59; MSL 14, 143-144 22 i 18').

Lexical Associations

damqu[good]AJ (// zil[good])

zil = ⸢dam⸣-[qa^?] (BM 045859 r 4d).

damāqu[be(come) good]V (// zil[good])

zil₂ = da-ma-qu (Ea 05 59; CUSAS 12, 1.1.1 o 16').

zil₂-zil₂ = du-um-mu-qum (OB Nippur Diri Seg.6, 20).

zaʾānu[be(come) adorned]V (// zil[good])

zil₂-zil₂ = zu-ḫu-nu-u₂ (OB Nippur Diri Seg.6, 21).

Ištar[1]DN egû[be(come) lazy]V (// x-x ur[man] zil[good])

[...]-⸢x⸣ ur zil = ^dINANA e-gi ana ^dINANA ⸢kiš⸣[^ki (...)] (BM 045859 r 2).

References for all phrases

zil[good]

zil₂ = ⸢da⸣-ma-qu (MSL 14, 143-144 22 i 18').

zil₂-zil₂ = ⸢ta^?⸣-qi₂-nu-um (OB Nippur Diri Seg.6, 22).