šiāmu  [NAM : ]  (vb. ī)

1) to fix , to set , establish , to determine ; 2) to decree , to decide a date of festival, a purchase price ; šīmta(m) / šīmāti(m) šiāmu : a) to make one's will / to bequeath , b) to decree (someone's) fate ; šīmat balāti / marušti : to decree a fate of life / of trouble (for someone) ; ana šimti šiāmu : to decree as (someone's) fate ;

Cf. šīmtu

Variants : šâmu

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

• Proto-Semitic : ^*śayām
• Hebrew : śām  שָֹם

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