ṣamādum

Akkadian

Root
ṣ-m-d
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ̂amad- (“to yoke, harness”). Cognate with Arabic ضَمَدَ (ḍamada) and Biblical Hebrew צָמַד (ṣɔmáḏ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /sˤaˈmaː.dum/

Verb

ṣamādum (G, i, durative iṣammid, perfect iṣṣamid, preterite iṣmid, imperative ṣimid) (Babylonian, Boghazkeui)

1. to yoke, harness, tie, attach
2. to make ready, prepare

   𒐊 𒂅 𒆬𒌓 𒇻𒊻𒈪𒁕𒄠𒈠 𒀀𒈾 𒂗𒅀 𒅗𒀀𒋫 𒇻𒊭𒁉𒆷𒄠

   5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR lu-uṣ-mi-da-am-ma a-na EN-ya ka-a-ta lu-ša-bi-la-am

   /ḫamšat šiqil kaspam luṣmidam-ma ana bēlīya kâta lušābilam/

   I will prepare five shekels of silver and send them to you, my lord.

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		ṣamādum
Participle		ṣāmidum
Adjective		ṣamdum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		aṣammid	aṣṣamid	aṣmid	luṣmid
2.sg	m	taṣammid	taṣṣamid	taṣmid	ṣimid
	f	taṣammidī	taṣṣamdī	taṣmidī	ṣimdī
3.sg		iṣammid	iṣṣamid	iṣmid	liṣmid
1.pl		niṣammid	niṣṣamid	niṣmid	i niṣmid
2.pl		taṣammidā	taṣṣamdā	taṣmidā	ṣimdā
3.pl	m	iṣammidū	iṣṣamdū	iṣmidū	liṣmidū
	f	iṣammidā	iṣṣamdā	iṣmidā	liṣmidā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• ṣamādu (non-mimated), ṣemēdu (Neo-Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒇲 (LAL) 𒇳 (LAL₂)	𒍝𒈠𒁺 (ṣa-ma-du) 𒍝𒈠𒀀𒁺 (ṣa-ma-a-du) 𒍝𒈠𒁕𒄠 (ṣa-ma-da-am) (accusative) 𒍝𒈠𒁲𒅎 (ṣa-ma-di-im) (genitive)

References

• “ṣamādu”, 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) “ṣamādu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag