nasāḫum
Akkadian
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Etymology
Cognate with Arabic نَسَخَ (nasaḵa, “to abolish, delete”) and Biblical Hebrew נָסַח (nɔsaḥ, “to pull, tear away”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /naˈsaː.χum/
Verb
nasāḫum (G, a-u, durative inassaḫ, perfect ittasaḫ, preterite issuḫ, imperative usuḫ) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to tear out, pull out, uproot, dig up
- to remove, take away, exterminate, wipe out, clear out, pull off, eradicate
- to reject, expel, deport, transfer, remove, evacuate
- to withdraw (money)
- to raise (taxes)
- (Old Babylonian, mathematics) to subtract
- to set out, depart
- to pass, elapse (time)
Alternative forms
- nasāḫu (non-mimated)
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References
- “nasaḫu”, 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), “nasaḫu(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, page 610