urḫum
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Akkadian
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'-r-ḫ |
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ- (“road”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew אֹרַח (ʾóraḥ, “way, path”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈur.χum/
Noun
[edit]urḫum f or m (construct state uruḫ, pronominal state uruḫ or urḫa, plural urḫū or urḫātum f or urḫānu) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- road, path, way
- 𒀀𒇷𒅅 𒌨𒄭𒅎 [ālik urḫim] ― a-li-ik ur-ḫi-im ― traveller
- 𒌑𒊒𒄴 𒊭𒈨𒂊 [uruḫ šamê] ― u₂-ru-uḫ ša-me-e ― way of life (literally, “heavenly path”)
- 𒌑𒊒𒄴 𒊭𒁲𒅎 [uruḫ šadîm] ― u₂-ru-uḫ ša-di-im ― mountain path
- 𒌨𒄩𒋗 𒄿𒅋𒆷𒀝 [urḫašu illak] ― ur-ḫa-šu i-il-la-ak ― he goes his own way
Alternative forms
[edit]- urḫu (non-mimated)
- arḫu (Assyrian, Boghazkeui)
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References
[edit]- “urḫu A”, 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) “urḫu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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