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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *wadaʕ- (to know). Cognate with Arabic وَدَعَ (wadaʕa, “to place, leave”) and Biblical Hebrew יָדַע (yɔḏáʕ).
Pronunciation
Verb
edûm (G, e, preterite īde) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to know
𒋼𒈬𒌝 𒋳𒈠 𒌑𒍪𒌝 𒋳𒈠 𒋗𒌒𒊏𒄠 𒇻 𒄿𒁲- [kī ṭēmum šumma uzzum šumma nēḫtum šupram-ma lū īde.]
- ṭe₄-mu-um šum-ma u₂-zu-um šum-ma ne-eḫ-tum šu-up-ra-am lu i-de
- Write to me and let me know if that mood is one of anger or pacification.
- to be experienced, familiar with, versed in
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References
- “idû”, 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) “edû(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag