dišpum

Akkadian

𒋭 (dišpum)

Etymology

Compare Arabic دِبْس (dibs, “molasses”) and Biblical Hebrew דְּבַשׁ (dəḇaš, “honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈdiʃ.pum/

Noun

dišpum m (construct state dišip) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. honey
2. (date) syrup

Alternative forms

• dišpu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋭 (LAL₃)	𒁲𒅖𒁍𒌝 (di-iš-pu-um) 𒄭𒅖𒁍𒌝 (di₂-iš-pu-um) 𒁲𒅖𒁍 (di-iš-pu) 𒁹𒁍 (diš-pu) (accusative) 𒁲𒅖𒉺𒄠 (di-iš-pa-am) (accusative) 𒄭𒅖𒁀𒄠 (di₂-iš-pa₂-am) (genitive) 𒄭𒅖𒁁𒅎 (di₂-iš-pi₃-im) (genitive) 𒁲𒅖𒉿𒄿𒅎 (di-iš-pi-i-im) (genitive) 𒁲𒅖𒉿 (di-iš-pi) (genitive) 𒁹𒉿 (diš-pi) (genitive) 𒁹𒉿 (diš-pi)

References

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