šemûm

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šamaʿ-. 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 Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg ešemme ešme ešteme lušme
2.sg m tešemme tešme tešteme šeme
f tešemmî tešmî teštemî šemî
3.sg išemme išme išteme lišme
1.pl nišemme nišme ništeme i nišme
2.pl tešemmeā tešmeā teštemeā šemeā
3.pl m išemmû išmû ištemû lišmû
f išemmeā išmeā ištemeā lišmeā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
  • šemû, non-mimated
  • šamûm, šamû
  • šamā'um, šamā'u (Old Akkadian, Assyrian)
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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