šemûm

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa) and Biblical Hebrew שָׁמַע (šɔmáʕ).

Pronunciation

Verb

šemûm (class e)

  1. to hear
  2. to listen, pay attention
  3. to obey

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive šemûm
Participle šēmûm
Adjective šemûm
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg ešemme ešteme ešme lušme
2.sg m tešemme tešteme tešme šeme
f tešemmî teštemî tešmî šemî
3.sg išemme išteme išme lišme
1.pl nišemme ništeme nišme i nišme
2.pl tešemmeā teštemeā tešmeā šemeā
3.pl m išemmû ištemû išmû lišmû
f išemmeā ištemeā išmeā lišmeā

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

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒄑𒌇 (GIŠ.TUK)
  • 𒊺𒂵 (ŠE.GA)
  • (Neo-Assyrian, proper nouns) 𒄬 (ḪAL)
  • 𒊺𒈬𒌑 (še-mu-u₂)

References

  • “šemû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011