nasāḫum

Akkadian
Root
n-s-ḫ
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic نَسَخَ‎ (nasaḵa, “to abolish, delete”) and Biblical Hebrew נָסַח‎ (nɔsáḥ, “to pull, tear away”).

Pronunciation

Verb

nasāḫum (G, a-u, durative inassaḫ, perfect ittasaḫ, preterite issuḫ, imperative usuḫ) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to tear out, pull out, uproot, dig up
  2. to remove, take away, exterminate, wipe out, clear out, pull off, eradicate
  3. to reject, expel, deport, transfer, remove, evacuate
  4. to withdraw (money)
  5. to raise (taxes)
  6. (Old Babylonian, mathematics) to subtract
  7. to set out, depart
  8. to pass, elapse (time)

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒈾𒍝𒄷𒌝 (na-sa₃-ḫu-um)
  • 𒈾𒊓𒄷 (na-sa-ḫu)
  • 𒈾𒃻𒄷 (na-ša₂-ḫu)

References
  • “nasaḫu”, 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), “nasaḫu(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, page 610
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