elûm

𒂊𒈝 (elum, “top”) +‎ 𒄿 (-ī, nisba suffix).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /eˈluːm/

elûm (base elī, feminine elītum, masculine plural elûtum, feminine plural eliātum)

1. upper

   Antonym: 𒆠𒋫 (šaplûm, “lower”)

• elû, ilû (mn)
• alium (Old Akkadian)
• elium, eliu (Assyrian)

Compare the verb elûm (“to go up, arise”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /eˈluːm/

elûm (base eli, feminine elītum, masculine plural elûtum, feminine plural eliātum)

1. tall, high
2. exalted, proud

• elium, eliu (non-mimated)

Compare the preposition eli (“on, over”). Cognate with Arabic عَلَى‎ (ʕalā, “to climb”) and Biblical Hebrew עָלָה‎ (ʿālâ, “to ascend”).

elûm (G, i, durative illi, perfect īteli, preterite īli, imperative eli)

1. to be high, raised up
2. to go up, ascend, move upwards
3. to come up, arrive
4. (mathematics) to be the result

• elû (non-mimated)
• alûm, alû (non-mimated)

• “elû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “elû(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