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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa) and Biblical Hebrew שָׁמַע (šɔmáʕ).
Pronunciation
Verb
šemûm (class e)
- to hear
- to listen, pay attention
- to obey
Conjugation
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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šemûm
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| Participle
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šēmûm
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| Adjective
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šemûm
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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ešemme
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ešteme
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ešme
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lušme
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| 2.sg
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m
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tešemme
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tešteme
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tešme
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šeme
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| f
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tešemmî
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teštemî
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tešmî
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šemî
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| 3.sg
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išemme
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išteme
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išme
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lišme
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| 1.pl
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nišemme
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ništeme
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nišme
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i nišme
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| 2.pl
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tešemmeā
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teštemeā
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tešmeā
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šemeā
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| 3.pl
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m
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išemmû
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ištemû
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išmû
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lišmû
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| f
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išemmeā
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ištemeā
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išmeā
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lišmeā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Cuneiform spellings
| Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒄑𒌇 (GIŠ.TUK)
- 𒊺𒂵 (ŠE.GA)
- 𒄬 (ḪAL) (Neo-Assyrian, proper nouns)
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References
- “šemû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011