sapḫum

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Akkadian

Root
s-p-ḫ
1 term

Pronunciation

Adjective

sapḫum (feminine sapiḫtum, masculine plural sapḫūtum, feminine plural sapḫātum, predicative sapiḫ) (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. verbal adjective of sapāḫum: scattered, dispersed
    𒍝𒀊𒄷𒌓 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒄿𒉺𒄴𒄷𒊒
    [sapḫūt awīlim ipaḫḫurū]
    sa₃-ap-ḫu-ut a-wi-lim i-pa-aḫ-ḫu-ru
    the man's scattered (relatives?) will come together again

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References

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