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          bēlu - lord
            (CAD B 191, AHw. 118)
        
       
     
   
 
          
  
    
      
        
          Akkadian
        
      
      
        
          bennu - (a kinship term)
            (CAD B 206, AHw. 122)
        
       
     
   
    
      No definitive etymology can be suggested.
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
          Akkadian
        
      
      
        
          bennu - (a type of epilepsy)
            (CAD B 205, AHw. 122)
        
       
     
   
    
      Cf. bennūtu ‘epileptic fit’? (SAD I).
No etymology can be suggested (Stol 1993, 5).
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
          Akkadian
        
      
      
        
          berâtu - swamps, lagoons
            (CAD B 206, AHw. 122, CDA 43)
        
       
     
   
    
      Var. birâtu, bērātu. The relation of BI-ra-a-ti (a kind of reservoir) to *baḥr- is uncertain (Kogan 2011: 192).
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
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          beˀru - elite troops
            (CAD B 211, AHw. 122)
        
       
     
   
    
      Variants: baˀru, bēru, biˀru
No definitive etymology can be suggested.
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
          Akkadian
        
      
      
        
          bēru - remote, distant (CAD), klar, deutlich (AHw.)
            (CAD B 207, AHw. 130)
        
       
     
   
    
      No etymology can be suggested.
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
          Akkadian
        
      
      
        
          bêšu - to depart, to move away, to part company, to fork, to produce a bifurcation
            (CAD B 214, AHw. 123)
        
       
     
   
    
      Var.: beˀāšu.
No definitive etymology can be suggested. Cf. perhaps JBA bḥš “to stir, to shake; to search” (DJBA 196), Syr. bḥaš “agitavit, movit, excitavit” (LSyr. 66), Mnd. bhš “to search, to examine” (MD 54). Alternatively, cf. Syr. bˁt (af.) “excitavit” (LSyr. 85), Arb. bˁṯ “to send; to raise, to excite, to put in motion or action” (Lane 222).
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
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          betātu - (a decoration used on garments and leather objects)
            (CAD B 214, AHw. 115)
        
       
     
   
    
      Or battatu. No etymology can be suggested.
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
          Akkadian
        
      
      
        
          beˀu - (a bird)
            (CAD B 215, AHw. 124)
        
       
     
   
    
      Hapax.
No etymology can be suggested.