šēpum

šēpum

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare perhaps Biblical Hebrew פֶּשַׂע‎ (péśaʿ, “step”), by metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeː.pum/

Noun

šēpum f (construct state šēp or šēpi, dual šēpān, plural šēpētum or šēpātum)

1. foot

   𒋗𒋛 𒄊 ― ŠU.SI GIR₃ /ubān šēpim/ ― toe (literally, “foot finger”)

2. self, person
3. access, approach, attack
4. conveyance, transport, routing
5. rank
6. (extispicy) "foot" (a distinctive mark on the liver)

Alternative forms

• šēpu (non-mimated)
• šīpum (Old Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄊 (GIR₃) 𒁺 (DU) (Old Akkadian)	𒊺𒂊𒁍 (še-e-pu)

Related terms

• šēpītum (“lower part, end, foot”)

 

References

• “šēpu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “šēpu(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