bāṣum

Akkadian
𒁀𒀀𒍮 (bāṣum)

Etymology

Unknown, but compare Biblical Hebrew בֹּץ (boṣ, “mud, silt”), a hapax legomenon in the Bible.

Pronunciation

Noun

bāṣum m (from Old Babylonian on, Babylonian, Old Assyrian)

  1. sand

Alternative forms
  • bāṣu (non-mimated)
  • baṣṣu (later)
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒁀𒀀𒍮 (ba-a-ṣu)
  • 𒁀𒍪 (ba-ṣu₂)
  • 𒁀𒍮 (ba-ṣu)
  • 𒁀𒊍𒍮 (ba-aṣ-ṣu)
  • 𒁀𒍝𒄠 (ba-ṣa-am) (accusative)
  • 𒁀𒊍𒍝 (ba-aṣ-ṣa) (accusative)
  • 𒁀𒍣𒅎 (ba-ṣi₂-im) (genitive)
  • 𒁀𒊍𒍢 (ba-aṣ-ṣi) (genitive)
  • 𒁀𒍢 (ba-ṣi) (genitive)
  • 𒁀𒊍 (ba-aṣ) (construct state)

Derived terms
  • bāṣiš (“like sand”)

References
  • “baṣṣu”, 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) “bāṣu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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