šakānum

Akkadian

Root
š-k-n
2 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic سَكَنَ (sakana) and Biblical Hebrew שָׁכַן (šɔḵán). Also compare perhaps Biblical Hebrew הֵכִין (heḵin, “to establish, set up”), hif'il of Biblical Hebrew כ־ו־ן (k-w-n), and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎋𐎐 (škn, “to establish”), Š-stem of Ugaritic 𐎋𐎐 (kn, “to be”).

Pronunciation

Verb

šakānum (G, a-u, durative išakkan, perfect ištakan, preterite iškun, imperative šukun) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to place, put, set
  2. to establish, install, appoint, assign, impose

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive šakānum
Participle šākinum
Adjective šaknum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg ašakkan aštakan aškun luškun
2.sg m tašakkan taštakan taškun šukun
f tašakkanī taštaknī taškunī šuknī
3.sg išakkan ištakan iškun liškun
1.pl nišakkan ništakan niškun i niškun
2.pl tašakkanā taštaknā taškunā šuknā
3.pl m išakkanū ištaknū iškunū liškunū
f išakkanā ištaknā iškunā liškunā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒊭𒅗𒀀𒉡𒌝 (ša-ka-a-nu-um)
  • 𒊭𒅗𒉡𒌝 (ša-ka-nu-um)
  • 𒃻𒅗𒉡 (ša₂-ka-nu)

References

  • “šakānu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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