ālum
Akkadian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔahl- (“tent camp”). Cognate with Arabic أَهْل (ʔahl, “kinfolk”) and Biblical Hebrew אֹהֶל (ʔóhɛl, “tent”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈaː.lum/
Noun
editālum m (construct state āl or āli, plural ālānū or ālānû) (from Old Akkadian on)
- city, town
- 𒀀𒈝 𒂊𒇻𒌑𒌝 [ālum elûm] ― a-lum e-lu-u₂-um ― upper city
- 𒁕𒀀𒀀𒉡 𒀀𒈾 𒁍𒄷𒌨 𒀀𒇷𒅎 𒅋𒇷𒆪
- [dayyānū ana puḫur ālim illikū]
- da-a-a-nu a-na pu-ḫu-ur a-li-im il-li-ku
- The judges went to the assembly of the city.
- village, manor, estate
- fort, military strongpoint
Alternative forms
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References
edit- “ālu”, 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) “ālu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag