hal [DIVIDE] V/t (193x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, unknown wr. ḫa-la; ḫal; ḫal-ḫal; ḫal-ḫa; ḫa; ḫa-al-ḫa; ḫa-ḫal; ḫa-la-ḫa-la "to divide, deal out, distribute; to perform an extispicy; to open; a secret; to pour away; to sieve; to slink, crawl away; a qualification of grain"

[1]	𒄩𒆷	ḫa-la
[2]	𒄬	ḫal
[3]	𒄬𒄬	ḫal-ḫal
[4]	𒄬𒄩	ḫal-ḫa
[5]	𒄩	ḫa
[6]	𒄩𒀠𒄩	ḫa-al-ḫa
[7]	𒄩𒄬	ḫa-ḫal
[8]	𒄩𒆷𒄩𒆷	ḫa-la-ḫa-la
+	--la=l.a (27x/14%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]			9		7		51	13		3
[2]			4				3	22	13
[3]		1	1		4		4	17	9
[4]			4		1		3	19
[5]						1		1
[6]							1
[7]			1
[8]								1

56 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (1x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (19x/10%)

Old Akkadian (12x/6%)

Lagash II (1x/1%)

Ur III (62x/32%)

Old Babylonian (73x/38%)

Middle Assyrian (3x/2%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (13x/7%)

Neo-Babylonian (4x/2%)

unknown (3x/2%)

Verbal prefixes:V; V.b; V.ne; ba; ba.b; ba.e; ba.i.n; ba.na; ga.V.m.ta; ga.mu.ne; ha.V.m; ha.V.ne.b; ha.V.ši.n; mu; mu.na; mu.na.n; mu.ni; nu; u; u.V.n; ša.ba.b; ša.mu.ne.b.

Senses:

1. to divide, deal out, distribute (185x/96%)

2. to perform an extispicy (1x/1%)

3. to open (2x/1%)

4. a secret [N] (5x/3%)

5. to pour away

6. to sieve

7. to slink, crawl away [V/i]

8. a qualification of grain [AJ]

Akk. barû; halālu; nazālu; petû; pirištu; zâzu; šahālu.

Bibliography

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 42.

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