maḫrum

maḫrum

See also: məhrum and maḫrûm

Akkadian

Root
m-ḫ-r

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaχ.rum/

Noun

maḫrum m (construct state maḫar) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. front
   1. (place) front, presence
   2. (time) past

Alternative forms

• maḫru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅆 (IGI)	𒈤𒊒 (maḫ-ru) 𒈠𒄯 (ma-ḫar) (construct state)

Derived terms

• maḫriš
• maḫrûm
• maḫrātum

 

Related terms

• adi maḫar (“up to, in the direction of”)
• ana maḫar (“before, into the presence of”)
• ina maḫar (“before, in the presence of”)

 

References

• “maḫru”, 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), “maḫru(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