kišpum

Akkadian

Root
k-š-p
1 term

Etymology

From the verb kašāpum (“to cast spells, bewitch”). Cognate with Hebrew כשוף (“kishput, an act of magic”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kišpum m (plural kišpū) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. (usually in the plural) sorcery, evil spell, witchcraft

Alternative forms

• kišpu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅜 (UŠ₁₁) 𒅜𒍪 (UŠ₁₁.ZU)	𒆠𒅖𒁍𒌝 (ki-iš-pu-um) 𒆠𒅖𒁍 (ki-iš-pu) 𒆧𒁍 (kiš-pu)

References

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