waṣûm

Akkadian

Root
w-ṣ-'
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew יָצָא (yɔṣɔ́ʔ, “to go/come out”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /waˈsˤuːm/

Verb

waṣûm (G, i, durative uṣṣi, perfect ittaṣi, preterite uṣi, imperative ṣi) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to leave, depart, go out, escape
2. to come out, rise, protrude, grow, sprout
3. to leave forever, disappear

Alternative forms

• waṣû (non-mimated)
• waṣā'um (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)
• uṣā'um, uṣā'u (Assyrian)
• aṣûm, aṣû
• uṣû (Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌓𒁺 (E₃) 𒌓 (UD) (Middle Babylonian, Personal names)	𒉿𒍪𒌑𒌝 (wa-ṣu₂-u₂-um) 𒉿𒀀𒍪𒌝 (wa-a-ṣu₂-um) 𒀀𒍮𒌋 (a-ṣu-u) 𒀀𒍮𒌑 (a-ṣu-u₂) 𒀀𒍪𒌑 (a-ṣu₂-u₂)

References

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