ṭēmu  [UMUŠ : ]  (n. ; pl. ṭēmū, ṭēmētu)

[Moral life]

1) (fore)thought , plan(ning) , design / aim / dessein / decision / purpose (of gods) , the will ; ṭēmu ṣabātu : to take a decision ; 2) understanding , intellect , instruction ; 3) (gods, humans) : reason , rational thought , opinion , common sense / judgement ; miqit ṭēmi : loss of reason / insanity (?) ; 4) : disposal / disposition (of somebody) ; 5) an instruction , an order , a code / an ordinance / a decree ; ṭēmu šakānu : to convey an instruction , to give order / to brief , to govern / run / manage ; 6) a report , an information , news , History + ; bēl ṭēmi : a reporter / person making a report ; ṭēmu turrum : to deliver a report / to report , to learn / hear / see news of ; 7) : an agreement , good relations , a modus vivendi (?) ; lā rāš ṭēmi : unreasonable , unrealistic , senseless ; miqit ṭēmi : despair , desperation , loss of reason / going out of one's mind , insanity ; mutīr ṭēmi : information officer ; ṣibit ṭēmi : action , decisive action , reaction / response ; šanê ṭēmi : change of mind , vacillation , wavering , waffling , hesitating ; šikin ṭēmi : commandant , command , decisive authority ; šikin ṭēmūtu : commandership ; šulum ṭēmi : sanity , mental health , common sense / realism (?) ;

Cf. ṭêmu, ṭēmītu, ṭēmānu, ṭēmūtu

See also : murqu, pakku, mu ' ṭa ' ' imu, šakin ṭēmūtu, tiniu +, šu ' ītu +, malḫamtu +