šērum

Akkadian
Root
š-'-r
1 term
𒀉𒄘𒍣𒂵 (šērum)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

šērum m (Babylonian)

  1. morning star, dawn
  2. morning

Alternative forms
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 (2000) “šēru(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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