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)
  • 𒄬 (ḪAL) (Neo-Assyrian, proper nouns)
  • 𒊺𒈬𒌑 (še-mu-u₂)

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