alākum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *halak- (“to go”). Cognate with Arabic هَلَكَ (halaka, “to perish, die”) and Biblical Hebrew הָלַךְ (hɔláḵ, “to go”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /aˈlaː.kum/
Verb
alākum (G, a-i, durative illak, perfect ittalak, preterite illik, imperative alik)
- to go, move, proceed
- to come
- to move about, walk about
- to live, behave, act
- to serve, to do do service
- to be loose, movable, displaced
- to fluctuate (prices), run (water), burn, go (fire), blow (wind), fall (rain), trail (smoke), come, pass (time), run (road)
- to fit, be meant for
Alternative forms
- alāku (non-mimated)
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Derived terms
- alaktum
- ilkum
- ālikum
Related terms
- alākam epēšum
- ilkam alākum
- tappûtam alākum
- ḫarrānam alākum