šērum

šērum

Akkadian

Root
š-'-r

𒀉𒄘𒍣𒂵 (šērum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šaḥ(a)r- (“dawn, morning”). Cognate with Arabic سَحَر‎ (saḥar) and Biblical Hebrew שַׁחַר‎ (šáḥar, “dawn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeː.rum/

Noun

šērum m (Babylonian)

1. morning star, dawn
2. morning

Alternative forms

• šēru (non-mimated)
• šīru

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀉𒄘𒍣𒂵 (A₂.GU₂.ZI.GA) 𒆥𒉏 (KIN.NIM) (Neo-Babylonian)	𒊺𒂊𒊒𒌝 (še-e-ru-um) 𒊺𒂊𒀸 (še-e-rum) 𒊺𒂊𒊒 (še-e-ru) 𒊺𒀸 (še-rum) 𒊺𒂊𒊑 (še-e-ri) (genitive) 𒊺𒊑 (še-ri) (genitive) 𒊺𒆸 (še-rim) (genitive)

See also

• urram šēram (“in the future”)

References

• “šēru A”, 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 (1976), “šēru(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag