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THE VERB 1:33
absolute indifference to person and number is the occasional use of ne to
indicate the plural dative and object. é mu-ne-ni-dü, 'he has built a
temple to them' '. As object, /l'-mu-ne-gul, 'may she (nw) make them
(ne) glad' 3. The emphatic forms immi, inni, and reduced forms im
and in are illustrated by the following¡ im-mi-in-dü, 'he built it' ", with
which compare mi-ni-gar, 'she accomplished it' '. In the form im-mana-ni-ib-gar,
'he constructed it for him', immi subject is partially assi­
milated to nao On the contrary, in forms like im-ma-ni-uiP, 'he caused
to be placed there', the element ma appears to be independent 7 of the
element im so far as the force of the two are concerned. Compare also
in-na-ni-tu-ra, '(when) he brought it in for him' 8, where in-na apparently
serves both as subject and dative object. Compare also in-ne-en­
ba, 'he portioned out to them', POEBEL, op. laudo no. 28,10. The forms
im-mi and in-ni, im-ma and in-na may be both emphatic expressing a
single idea, 01' be so extended as to serve in a double sense. The
reduced forms im, in and by analogy ib (for a supposed form ib-bi) are
really direct forms and can be employed only as subject 01' object. lf
immi be the emphatic of mi, im-ma appears as the emphatic of ma in
such cases as im-ma·bar-ra-mu=sa issallu, 'which is plundered',
where the obligue prefix im-lIla clearly indicates the passive.
§ 188. The obligue preftxes have a subtle force co-extensive with
the force of the obligue case of nouns, viz. oí, place, means, dative
object etc.
1. SAK. 44 g) II 13.
2. For the use of this particle see § 216.
3. SAK. 220 el II 7. Examples of ni and bi subject will be found in my Syntame,
pp. 245 and 275; also ne var. of ni, p. 273.
4. BA. 1 301 col. II 11.
5. Cy1. B 4, 2.
6. Ibid .• 19, 19: an-ra d'cnlil im-ma-ni-us, 'Enlil he placed by Anu'.
7. A clear case of this double force of im-ma is im-ma-sum-mu, 'he gave to
it', Gud. St. B 7, 23.
8. VA. Th. 6091, 9 in BA. VI pt. 3, p. H), date of the 8th. year of Ammiditana,
see p. 43 where 5800 has in-ni-tu-ra, 1. e., with the dative omitted and ni employed
as object.
Function
oí the oblique
prefixes.