balāṭum

Akkadian

Root
b-l-ṭ
1 term

Pronunciation

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

Noun

balāṭum m (from Old Akkadian on)

1. life, vigor, good health
2. life, lifetime

Alternative forms

• balāṭu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋾 (TI) 𒋾𒆷 (TI.LA) (El-Amarna, Ras Sharma) 𒁁 (TIL) (El-Amarna, Ras Sharma) 𒁁𒆷 (TIL.LA) (Neo-Babylonian) 𒁷 (DIN, TIN)	𒁀𒆷𒌅𒌝 (ba-la-ṭu₂-um) 𒁀𒆷𒂅 (ba-la-ṭu)

Verb

balāṭum (G, u, durative iballuṭ, perfect ibtaluṭ, preterite ibluṭ, imperative buluṭ) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to live, be alive, be healthy

   𒁍𒇻𒌓 𒁮𒆠𒅖 [buluṭ damqiš] ― bu-lu-uṭ dam-qi₂-iš ― Live in good health! (greeting formula)

2. to get well, recover

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		balāṭum
Participle		bāliṭum
Adjective		balṭum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		aballuṭ	abtaluṭ	abluṭ	lubluṭ
2.sg	m	taballuṭ	tabtaluṭ	tabluṭ	buluṭ
	f	taballuṭī	tabtalṭī	tabluṭī	bulṭī
3.sg		iballuṭ	ibtaluṭ	ibluṭ	libluṭ
1.pl		niballuṭ	nibtaluṭ	nibluṭ	i nibluṭ
2.pl		taballuṭā	tabtalṭā	tabluṭā	bulṭā
3.pl	m	iballuṭū	ibtalṭū	ibluṭū	libluṭū
	f	iballuṭā	ibtalṭā	ibluṭā	libluṭā

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

Alternative forms

• balāṭu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋾 (TI) 𒋾𒆷 (TI.LA) 𒁷 (DIN, TIN)	𒁀𒆷𒌅𒌝 (ba-la-ṭu₂-um) 𒁀𒆷𒂅 (ba-la-ṭu)

References

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