eršum
Akkadian
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Etymology
Cognate with Biblical Hebrew עֶרֶשׂ (ʕɛ́rɛś, “couch, bed”) and with a secondary meaning derived from that of "bedfellow" the Arabic عِرْس (ʕirs, “husband, whife”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈer.ʃum/
Noun
eršum f (construct state ereš, plural eršētum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
Alternative forms
- eršu (non-mimated)
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References
- “eršu”, 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) “eršu(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
- H6210 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible