ṣalmum

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈsˤal.mum/

Compare Arabic ظَلِمَ (ẓalima, “to be(come) dark”) and Biblical Hebrew צַלְמָוֶת (ṣalmɔ́wɛṯ, “deep shadow”).

ṣalmum (feminine ṣalimtum or ṣalittum, masculine plural ṣalmūtum, feminine plural ṣalmātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. verbal adjective of ṣalāmum:
   1. black, dark
   2. black haired (person)

• ṣalmu (non-mimated)

• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܲܠܡܵܐ (ṣalmā, “cherry”)

• “ṣalmu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew צֶלֶם (ṣɛ́lɛm) and, by dissimilation of /l/ to /n/, Arabic صَنَم (ṣanam).

ṣalmum m (construct state ṣalam, plural ṣalmū or ṣalmānū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. effigy, image, likeness, drawing
2. statue (in the round), figurine, relief
3. constellation

• ṣalmu (non-mimated)

• “ṣalmu s”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ṣalmu(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag