elûm

𒂊𒈝 (elum, “top”) +‎ 𒄿 (-ī, nisba suffix).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /eˈluːm/

elûm (feminine elītum, masculine plural elûtum, feminine plural eliātum, predicative elī)

1. upper

   Antonym: 𒆠𒋫 (šaplûm, “lower”)

• elû, ilû (mn)
• alium (Old Akkadian)
• elium, eliu (Assyrian)

Compare the verb elûm (“to go up, arise”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /eˈluːm/

elûm (feminine elītum, masculine plural elûtum, feminine plural eliātum, predicative eli)

1. tall, high
2. exalted, proud

• elium, eliu (non-mimated)

Compare the preposition eli (“on, over”). Cognate with Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā, “to climb”) and Biblical Hebrew עָלָה (ʿālâ, “to ascend”).

elûm (G, i, durative illi, perfect īteli, preterite īli, imperative eli)

1. to be high, raised up
2. to go up, ascend, move upwards
3. to come up, arrive
4. (mathematics) to be the result

• elû (non-mimated)
• alûm, alû (non-mimated)

• “elû”, 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) “elû(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