maḫārum

Akkadian
Root
m-ḫ-r
4 terms

Etymology

Compare Sabaean [script needed] (mḫr, “to face, oppose, fight”) and Soqotri meḥor (“to offer”).

Pronunciation

Verb

maḫārum (G, a-u, durative imaḫḫar, perfect imtaḫar, preterite imḫur, imperative muḫur) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. (with itti or ina qātim ša) to accept, receive
  2. to face, approach, meet, confront
  3. (with īnum as object) to please someone
    𒅔 𒈗 𒋫𒄠𒄷𒌨 ― in LUGAL ta-am-ḫu-ur /īn šarrim tamḫur/ ― you pleased the king

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive maḫārum
Participle māḫirum
Adjective maḫrum
Active Durative Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg amaḫḫar amḫur amtaḫar lumḫur
2.sg m tamaḫḫar tamḫur tamtaḫar muḫur
f tamaḫḫarī tamḫurī tamtaḫrī muḫrī
3.sg imaḫḫar imḫur imtaḫar limḫur
1.pl nimaḫḫar nimḫur nimtaḫar i nimḫur
2.pl tamaḫḫarā tamḫurā tamtaḫrā muḫrā
3.pl m imaḫḫarū imḫurū imtaḫrū limḫurū
f imaḫḫarā imḫurā imtaḫrā limḫurā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒈠𒄩𒀸 (ma-ḫa-rum)

References
  • “maḫāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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