gamārum
Akkadian
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Etymology
Cognate with Biblical Hebrew גָּמַר (gāmar, “to finish, complete”). Compare also Arabic جَمَّرَ (jammara, “to collect together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈmaː.rum/
Noun
gamārum m (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- completeness, finality
- end
Verb
gamārum (class a-u) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to bring to an end, annihilate
- to use up
- to encompass, control
- (ina with infinitive) to finish (doing something)
- to come to an end
- (in hendiadys) to do something completely
- 𒀀𒊮 𒀭𒉌𒄠 𒅆𒅁𒊏𒄠 𒄿𒂵𒈠𒅈𒈠 𒄿𒅁𒁉𒌍
- A.ŠA₃ an-ni-am ši-ip-ra-am i-ga-ma-ar-ma i-ip-pe₂-eš
- /eqlam anniam šipram igammar-ma ippeš/
- He will work this field completely.
Alternative forms
- gamāru (non-mimated)
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References
- “gamāru”, 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 (1976), “gamāru(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 edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns