šēpum

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare perhaps Biblical Hebrew פֶּשַׂע‎ (pɛ́śaʿ, “step”), by metathesis.

Pronunciation

Noun

šēpum f (construct state šēp or šēpi, dual šēpān, plural šēpētum or šēpātum)

  1. foot
  2. leg
    𒋗𒋛 𒄊 ― ŠU.SI GIR₃ /ubān šēpim/ ― toe (literally, “foot finger”)
  3. self, person
  4. access, approach, attack
  5. conveyance, transport, routing
  6. rank
  7. (extispicy) "foot" (a distinctive mark on the liver)

Alternative forms
  • šēpu (non-mimated)
  • šīpum (Old Babylonian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒄊 (GIR₃)
  • 𒁺 (DU) (Old Akkadian)
  • 𒀸 (AŠ) (extispicy)
  • 𒊺𒂊𒁍 (še-e-pu)
  • šēpītum (“lower part, end, foot”)

See also
  • 𒇿 (pagrum, “body”)

References
  • “šēpu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992
  • Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “šēpu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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