šapāṭum

Akkadian

Root
š-p-ṭ
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯapāṭ- (“to pass judgment”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew שָׁפַט (šɔp̄áṭ, “to judge”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈpaː.tˤum/

Verb

šapāṭum (G, i, durative išappiṭ, perfect ištapiṭ, preterite išpiṭ, imperative šipiṭ) (Old Babylonian, Mari)

1.  to give judgement, exercise authority

Alternative forms

• šapāṭu (non-mimated)
• šapātum, šapātu, šabātu

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒃻𒉺𒂅 (ša₂-pa-ṭu) 𒊭𒉺𒂅 (ša-pa-tu) 𒊭𒁀𒌅 (ša-ba-tu)

References

• “šapāṭu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šapāṭu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag