bāṣum

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Akkadian

𒁀𒀀𒍮 (bāṣum)

Etymology

Unknown, but compare Biblical Hebrew בֹּץ (boṣ, “mud, silt”), a hapax legomenon in the Bible.

Pronunciation

Noun

bāṣum m (from Old Babylonian on, Babylonian, Old Assyrian)

  1. sand

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References

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