Number of realizations
1
stone, rock
→
weight (a standard of comparison in weighting)
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Akkadian | |
Lexeme | abnu | |
Meaning 1 | 'stone' | bitḳum elû ša abnim; "'the upper sluice gate of stone' (CAD AI 56);" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'stone weight, weighting stone' | ina NA4 rabītim kaspas imtaḫar; "‘(if the innkeeper) accepts silver by the heavy weighing stone’;" |
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Related Languages | ||
Comment | CAD AI 54; the same meanings in Hbr. ʔeben (HALAT 7-8) etc. |