maḫārum

maḫārum

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): /maˈχaː.rum/

Verb

maḫārum (class a-u) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. (itti or ina qātim ša) to accept, receive
2. to face, approach, meet, confront
3. (with īnum as object) to please someone

   𒅔 𒈗 𒋫𒄠𒄷𒌨 ― in LUGAL ta-am-ḫu-ur /īn šarrim tamḫur/ ― you pleased the king

Alternative forms

• maḫāru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅆 (IGI)	𒈠𒄩𒀸 (ma-ḫa-rum)

References

• “maḫāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns