šumum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim- (“name”). Cognate with Arabic اِسْم (ism) and Biblical Hebrew שֵׁם (šem).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu.mum/

Noun

šumum m (construct state šum or šumi, plural šumū m or šumātum f)

1. name

   𒀭𒄑 𒋗𒈪 𒀀𒈾𒆪 [Gilgāmeš šumī anāku] ― ^dGIŠ šu-mi a-na-ku ― Gilgamesh is my name.

2. fame, reputation
3. line of a tablet or composition
4. meaning, interpretation of an omen
5. (pronoun, preposition, conjunction) because of

Alternative forms

• šumu (non-mimated), šemu (Standard Babylonian, occasionally), šuʾu (Neo-Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒈬 (MU)	𒋗𒈬𒌑𒌝 (šu-mu-u₂-um) 𒋗𒈬𒌝 (šu-mu-um) 𒋗𒈬 (šu-mu)

Related terms

• mimma šumšu