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Akkadian
Etymology
Compare perhaps Biblical Hebrew פֶּשַׂע (pɛ́śaʕ, “step”), by metathesis.
Pronunciation
Noun
šēpum f (construct state šēp or šēpi, dual šēpān, plural šēpētum or šēpātum)
- foot
- leg
- 𒋗𒋛 𒄊 [ubān šēpim] ― ŠU.SI GIR₃ ― toe (literally, “foot finger”)
- self, person
- access, approach, attack
- conveyance, transport, routing
- rank
- (extispicy) "foot" (a distinctive mark on the liver)
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒄊 (GIR₃)
- 𒁺 (DU) (Old Akkadian)
- 𒀸 (AŠ) (extispicy)
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- 𒊺𒂊𒁍 (še-e-pu)
- 𒊺𒁍 (še-pu)
- 𒊺𒉺𒄠 (še-pa-am) (accusative)
- 𒊺𒉿𒅎 (še-pi-im) (genitive)
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See also
References
- “šēpu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šēpu(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