mārum
Akkadian
Etymology
Compare Arabic الْمَرْء (al-marʾ, “the man”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.rum/
Noun
mārum m (construct state mār or māri, plural mārū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- son
- Synonym: 𒁉𒉏 (bīnum)
- 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, OMNIKA Foundation, transl., Hammurabi Code, The Louvre, Law 14:
- 𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒌉 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒍢𒄴𒊏𒄠 𒅖𒋫𒊑𒅅 𒀉𒁕𒀝
šum-ma a-wi-lum DUMU a-wi-lim ṣe-eḫ-ra-am iš-ta-ri-iq id-da-ak- šumma awīlum mār awīlim ṣeḫram ištariq iddâk
- If a free man has kidnapped the young son of a free man, he will be executed.
- 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, OMNIKA Foundation, transl., Hammurabi Code, The Louvre, Law 195:
- 𒋳𒈠 𒌉 𒀀𒁀𒋗 𒉎𒋫𒄩𒊍 𒈩𒇲𒋗 𒄿𒈾𒀝𒆠𒋢
šum-ma DUMU A.BA-šu im-ta-ḫa-aṣ KIŠIB.LA₂-šu i-na-ak-ki-su- šumma mārum abāšu imtaḫaṣ rittašu inakkisū
- If a son has struck his father, his hand will be cut off.
Alternative forms
- māru (non-mimated)
- mer'u (Old Assyrian)
- mar'um, mar'u (Assyrian)
- mēru (Standard Babylonian)
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Derived terms
- mārtum
- mārūtum
Related terms
- mār bīt ṭuppim
- mār damqi
- mār mārim
- mār ēkallim
- mār šiprim
References
- “māru 1a”, 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), “māru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag