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amārum

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Akkadian

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Root
'-m-r
1 term

Etymology

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Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎎𐎗 (ảmr /⁠ʾamara⁠/, to see; to say). Compare also Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, to order, command) and Biblical Hebrew אָמַר (ʔɔmár, to say).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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amārum (G, a-u, durative immar, perfect ītamar, preterite īmur, imperative amur) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to see, behold, look at, observe, witness, examine, inspect, notice
    𒀀𒄯 [amur!]a-murlook!
    𒃻 𒅘𒁀 𒄿𒈬𒊒
    [ša nagba īmuru]
    ša₂ nag-ba i-mu-ru
    he who has seen everything
    (literally, “he who has seen the totality of knowledge”)
    (Epic of Gilgamesh, I, 1)
  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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Conjugation
Infinitive amārum
Participle āmirum
Adjective amrum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg ammar ātamar āmur lūmur
2.sg m tammar tātamar tāmur amur
f tammarī tātamrī tāmurī amrī
3.sg immar ītamar īmur līmur
1.pl nimmar nītamar nīmur i nīmur
2.pl tammarā tātamrā tāmurā amrā
3.pl m immarū ītamrū īmurū līmurū
f immarā ītamrā īmurā līmurā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒀀𒈠𒀀𒀸 (a-ma-a-rum)
  • 𒀀𒈠𒀸 (a-ma-rum)
  • 𒀀𒈠𒀀𒊒 (a-ma-a-ru)
  • 𒀀𒈠𒊒 (a-ma-ru)

References

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  • “amāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011