šapārum
Akkadian
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| š-p-r |
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Etymology
Unknown. Compare Arabic سَافَرَ (sāfara).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ʃaˈpaː.rum/
Verb
šapārum (G, a-u, durative išappar, perfect ištapar, preterite išpur, imperative šupur) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to send
- to send word (written or spoken), a message, a report, to write to
- to give orders, command, govern, rule, administer
Alternative forms
- šapāru (non-mimated)
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References
- “šapāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šapāru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library