amฤrum

Akkadian

Root
'-m-r
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Ugaritic ๐Ž€๐ŽŽ๐Ž— (แบฃmr /โ สพamaraโ /, โ€œto see; to sayโ€). Compare also Arabic ุฃูŽู…ูŽุฑูŽโ€Ž (ส”amara, โ€œto order, commandโ€) and Biblical Hebrew ืึธืžึทืจโ€Ž (ส”ษ”mรกr, โ€œto sayโ€).

Pronunciation

Verb

amฤrum (G, a-u, durative immar, perfect ฤซtamar, preterite ฤซmur, imperative amur) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to see, behold, look at, observe, witness, examine, inspect, notice
    ๐’€€๐’„ฏ [amur!] โ€• a-mur โ€• look!
  2. to experience, come across, find (an object, a site, etc.)
  3. to find after searching, to look up (information), find (a result), come to know, realise, learn by experience
  4. to read (a tablet, document, inscription, etc.)

Conjugation

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Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • ๐’…† (IGI)
  • ๐’…†๐’‡ฒ (IGI.LAโ‚‚)
  • ๐’…†๐’‚ƒ (IGI.DUโ‚ˆ)
  • ๐’€€๐’ˆ ๐’€€๐’€ธ (a-ma-a-rum)
  • ๐’€€๐’ˆ ๐’€ธ (a-ma-rum)
  • ๐’€€๐’ˆ ๐’€€๐’Š’ (a-ma-a-ru)
  • ๐’€€๐’ˆ ๐’Š’ (a-ma-ru)

References

  • โ€œamฤruโ€, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956โ€“2011
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