nasāḫum

Akkadian

Root
n-s-ḫ
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic نَسَخَ (nasaḵa, “to abolish, delete”) and Biblical Hebrew נָסַח (nɔsáḥ, “to pull, tear away”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /naˈsaː.χum/

Verb

nasāḫum (G, a-u, durative inassaḫ, perfect ittasaḫ, preterite issuḫ, imperative usuḫ) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to tear out, pull out, uproot, dig up
2. to remove, take away, exterminate, wipe out, clear out, pull off, eradicate
3. to reject, expel, deport, transfer, remove, evacuate
4. to withdraw (money)
5. to raise (taxes)
6. (Old Babylonian, mathematics) to subtract
7. to set out, depart
8. to pass, elapse (time)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		nasāḫum
Participle		nāsiḫum
Adjective		nasḫum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		anassaḫ	attasaḫ	assuḫ	lussuḫ
2.sg	m	tanassaḫ	tattasaḫ	tassuḫ	usuḫ
	f	tanassaḫī	tattasḫī	tassuḫī	usḫī
3.sg		inassaḫ	ittasaḫ	issuḫ	lissuḫ
1.pl		ninassaḫ	nittasaḫ	nissuḫ	i nissuḫ
2.pl		tanassaḫā	tattasḫā	tassuḫā	usḫā
3.pl	m	inassaḫū	ittasḫū	issuḫū	lissuḫū
	f	inassaḫā	ittasḫā	issuḫā	lissuḫā

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

Alternative forms

• nasāḫu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒍣 (ZI)	𒈾𒍝𒄷𒌝 (na-sa₃-ḫu-um) 𒈾𒊓𒄷 (na-sa-ḫu) 𒈾𒃻𒄷 (na-ša₂-ḫu)

References

• “nasaḫu”, 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) “nasaḫu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 610