erṣetum

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Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́- (“earth”). Cognate with Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ) and Biblical Hebrew אֶרֶץ (ʔɛ́rɛṣ).

Pronunciation

Noun

erṣetum f (plural erṣētum)

  1. earth, land
    • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by CDLI, Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Prologue, lines 3–5:
      𒀭𒂗𒆤 𒁁𒂖 𒊭𒈨𒂊 𒅇 𒅕𒍢𒁴
      [Enlil bēl šamê u erṣetim]
      den-lil₂ be-el ša-me-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim
      Enlil, lord of heaven and earth
  2. underworld
  3. ground
  4. territory

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