gamārum

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew גָּמַר (gɔmár, “to finish, complete”). Compare also Arabic جَمَّرَ (jammara, “to collect together”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈmaː.rum/

gamārum m (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. completeness, finality
2. end

gamārum (G, a-u, durative igammar, perfect igtamar, preterite igmur, imperative gumur) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to bring to an end, annihilate
2. to use up
3. to encompass, control
4. (ina with infinitive) to finish (doing something)
5. to come to an end
6. (in hendiadys) to do something completely

   𒀀𒊮 𒀭𒉌𒄠 𒅆𒅁𒊏𒄠 𒄿𒂵𒈠𒅈𒈠 𒄿𒅁𒁉𒌍

   A.ŠA₃ an-ni-am ši-ip-ra-am i-ga-ma-ar-ma i-ip-pe₂-eš

   /eqlam anniam šipram igammar-ma ippeš/

   He will work this field completely.

• gamāru (non-mimated)

• “gamāru”, 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) “gamāru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns