šēpum

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare perhaps Biblical Hebrew פֶּשַׂע (pɛ́śaʕ, “step”), by metathesis.

Pronunciation

Noun

šēpum f (construct state šēp or šēpi, dual šēpān, plural šēpētum or šēpātum)

  1. foot
  2. leg
    𒋗𒋛 𒄊 [ubān šēpim] ― ŠU.SI GIR₃ ― toe (literally, “foot finger”)
  3. self, person
  4. access, approach, attack
  5. conveyance, transport, routing
  6. rank
  7. (extispicy) "foot" (a distinctive mark on the liver)

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒄊 (GIR₃)
  • (Old Akkadian) 𒁺 (DU)
  • (extispicy) 𒀸 (AŠ)
  • 𒊺𒂊𒁍 (še-e-pu)
  • 𒊺𒁍 (še-pu)
  • (accusative) 𒊺𒉺𒄠 (še-pa-am)
  • (genitive) 𒊺𒉿𒅎 (še-pi-im)
  • šēpītum (“lower part, end, foot”)

See also

  • 𒇿 (pagrum, “body”)

References

  • “šēpu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], volume 17, Š, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šēpu(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
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