eṣemtum

eṣemtum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m- (“bone”). Cognate with Arabic عَظْم‎ (ʿaẓm) and Biblical Hebrew עֶצֶם‎ (ʿéṣem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈsˤem.tum/

Noun

eṣemtum f (construct state eṣemti, plural eṣmētum)

1. bone
2. frame of the body, skeleton

Alternative forms

• eṣemtu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄊𒉻𒁺 (GIR₃.PAD.DU)	𒂊𒍣𒅎𒌈 (e-ṣé-em-tum) (OBab) 𒂊𒍢𒅎𒌈 (e-ṣe-em-tum) (OBab) 𒂊𒍢𒅎𒌅 (e-ṣe-em-tu) (MBab) 𒂊𒍢𒂗𒌅 (e-ṣe-en-tu) (NBab)

Inflection

Transcription
Feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	eṣemtum	eṣemtān	eṣmētum
genitive	eṣemtim	eṣemtīn	eṣmētim
accusative	eṣemtam	eṣemtīn	eṣmētim
Bound form	eṣemat
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal declension.

Cuneiform
Masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	𒌈	𒋫𒀭	𒄑𒈨
	-tum	-ta-an	eṣ-me
genitive	𒁴	𒋾𒅔	𒄑𒈨
	-tim	-ti-in	eṣ-me
accusative	𒌓	𒋾𒅔	𒄑𒈨
	-tam	-ti-in	eṣ-me
Bound form	akk
This forms correspond to the syllabic spellings of the word. The logographic spelling was only inflected for number.

References

• “eṣemtum”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011