alākum

Akkadian

Root
'-l-k
4 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *halak- (to go). Cognate with Arabic هَلَكَ (halaka, to perish, die) and Biblical Hebrew הָלַךְ (hɔláḵ, to go).

Pronunciation

Verb

alākum (G, a-i, durative illak, perfect ittalak, preterite illik, imperative alik)

  1. to go, move, proceed
  2. to come
  3. to move about, walk about
  4. to live, behave, act
  5. to serve, to do do service
  6. to be loose, movable, displaced
  7. to fluctuate (prices), run (water), burn, go (fire), blow (wind), fall (rain), trail (smoke), come, pass (time), run (road)
  8. to fit, be meant for

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒀀𒆷𒆪𒌝 (a-la-ku-um)

Derived terms

  • alākam epēšum
  • ilkam alākum
  • tappûtam alākum
  • ḫarrānam alākum
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