maṣûm
Akkadian
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Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *mṯ̣ʔ- (“to reach”). Compare Biblical Hebrew מָצָא (mɔṣɔʔ, “to find”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /maˈsˤuːm/
Verb
maṣûm (G, i, durative imaṣṣi, perfect imtaṣi, preterite imṣi, imperative miṣi) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to be equal to
- to amount to, be sufficient for
- 𒆠𒄿 𒈠𒍣𒄿 ― ki-i ma-ṣi₂-i /kī maṣi/ ― how much?
- 𒈠𒆷 𒈠𒍪𒌑 ― ma-la ma-ṣu₂-u₂-um /mala maṣûm/ ― as much as there is, as far as it extends
- 𒈠𒆷 𒊮𒁉𒅎 𒈠𒍪𒌑𒌝 ― ma-la ŠA₃-bi-im ma-ṣu₂-u₂-um /mala libbim maṣûm/ ― to do what one wants, to have full discretion
- 𒈠𒆷 𒊮𒁉𒋗 𒄿𒈠𒊍𒍢 ― ma-la ŠA₃-bi-šu i-ma-aṣ-ṣi /mala libbīšu imaṣṣi/ ― he may do what he wants
- (Old Assyrian only) to take responsibility for
Alternative forms
- maṣû (non-mimated)
- maṣā'um (Old Assyrian)
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References
- “maṣû”, 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 (2000), “maṣû(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, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, pages 225-226