maḫrum
Akkadian
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| m-ḫ-r |
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Etymology
Compare Sabaean 𐩣𐩭𐩧 (mḫr, “to face, oppose, fight”) and Soqotri [script needed] (meḥor, “to offer”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈmaχ.rum/
Noun
maḫrum m (construct state maḫar) (from Old Akkadian on)
- (place) front, presence
- 𒀀𒉿𒀀𒌈 𒈠𒄯 𒂗𒅀 𒂵𒄠𒊏𒄣
- [awâtum maḫar bēlīya gamrākum]
- a-wa-a-tum ma-ḫar EN-ia ga-am-ra-kum
- The affairs have been settled for you before my lord.
- 𒌨𒊏𒄠 𒈠𒄴𒊑𒅗 𒀀𒈾𒀀𒆪
- [urram maḫrīka anāku]
- ur-ra-am ma-aḫ-ri-ka a-na-a-ku
- Tomorrow I will be with you.
- (time) past, bygone time
Alternative forms
- maḫru (non-mimated)
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Derived terms
- maḫriš
- maḫrûm
- maḫrātum
Related terms
- adi maḫar (“up to, in the direction of”)
- ana maḫar (“before, into the presence of”)
- ina maḫar (“before, in the presence of”)
References
- “maḫru”, 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) “maḫru(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