an ad hoc translation with no etymological support; as long as any connection with
*rˀm ‘to love’ is accepted (so both DUL 724 and Watson 2007: 102), the isogloss with Akk.
râmu is clearly not exclusive, cf. Arb.
rˀm ‘to love’, Soq. rˀm ‘to be attached to someone, to feel sympathy’ (‘désirer’ in LS 391) (Kogan 2015: 366)