to know → to copulate 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Akkadian
Lexeme lamādu
Meaning 1 to know lilmad šarrī bēlīya anāku ištēn ibaššāti
Let the king, my lord, know: I am alone!
Direction →
Meaning 2 to have sexual relationship with smb mārušu ilmassi
His son ahd a sexual intercourse with her.
Reference CAD
Comment CAD l 53
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Hebrew
Lexeme ydʕ
Meaning 1 to know, to learn wə-ʔädʕā kī-mənāyt ha-ləwiyyim lō(ʔ) nittānā (Neh 13:10)
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given.
Direction →
Meaning 2 to have sexual relationship with smn wə-hā-ʔādām yādaʕ ʔät-ḥawwāʔ ʔišto wa-ttahar wa-ttēläd ʔät-ḳayin (Gen 4:1)
And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and bore Cain.
Reference HAL: 373-374
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Geez
Lexeme ʔaʔmara
Meaning 1 to know ʔaʔammər rəʔəsəya kama maret wa-ḥamad ʔana (Job 42:6)
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Direction →
Meaning 2 to have sexual relations wa-ʔi-yāʔmarā ʔəska waladat walda (Matth. 1:25)
But he (Joseph) had no union with her (Mary), until she gave birth to a son.
Reference LLA: 729
Comment CDG 25

© Anna A. Zalizniak et al. 2002-2023