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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ḥapaś- (to search, gather). Cognate with Arabic حَفَشَ (ḥafaša, “to gather”) and Biblical Hebrew חָפַשׂ (ḥɔp̄áś, “to search”).
Pronunciation
Verb
epēšum (G, a-u, durative ippeš, perfect ītepeš, preterite īpuš, imperative epuš) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- (intransitive) to act, behave, proceed, be(come) active
- (transitive) to do, make, build, manufacture
- (transitive) to do, carry out, excercise (a function), used mainly in idiomatic phrases.
Usage notes
The class u inflection appears in later Babylonian texts.
Conjugation
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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epēšum
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| Participle
|
ēpišum
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| Adjective
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epšum
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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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eppeš
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ētepeš
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ēpuš
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lūpuš
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| 2.sg
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m
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teppeš
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tētepeš
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tēpuš
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epuš
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| f
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teppešī
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tētepšī
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tēpušī
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epšī
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| 3.sg
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ippeš
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ītepeš
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īpuš
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līpuš
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| 1.pl
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nippeš
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nītepeš
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nīpuš
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i nīpuš
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| 2.pl
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teppešā
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tētepšā
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tēpušā
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epšā
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| 3.pl
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m
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ippešū
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ītepšū
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īpušū
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līpušū
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| f
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ippešā
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ītepšā
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īpušā
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līpušā
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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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- 𒆕 (DU₃)
- 𒀝 (AK, AG) (occasionally)
- 𒄀 (GI) (occasionally)
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Derived terms
- epištum (“deed”)
- epšum (“built; prepared; cultivated”)
- ipšum (“action; sorcery”)
- ēpišum (“builder, artisan; sorcerer”)
References
- “epēšu”, 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) “epēšu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag