urḫum

Akkadian
Root
'-r-ḫ
1 term
𒌫𒄷𒌝 (urḫum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ- (“road”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew אֹרַח (ʾóraḥ, “way, path”).

Pronunciation

Noun

urḫum f or m (construct state uruḫ, pronominal state uruḫ or urḫa, plural urḫū or urḫātum f or urḫānu) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. road, path, way
    𒀀𒇷𒅅 𒌨𒄭𒅎 [ālik urḫim] ― a-li-ik ur-ḫi-im ― traveller
    𒌑𒊒𒄴 𒊭𒈨𒂊 [uruḫ šamê] ― u₂-ru-uḫ ša-me-e ― way of life (literally, “heavenly path”)
    𒌑𒊒𒄴 𒊭𒁲𒅎 [uruḫ šadîm] ― u₂-ru-uḫ ša-di-im ― mountain path
    𒌨𒄩𒋗 𒄿𒅋𒆷𒀝 [urḫašu illak] ― ur-ḫa-šu i-il-la-ak ― he goes his own way

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒌚 (ITI) (pseudologogram, rare)
  • 𒌫𒄷𒌝 (ur₂-ḫu-um)
  • 𒌨𒄷 (ur-ḫu)
  • 𒌨𒄩𒄠 (ur-ḫa-am) (accusative)
  • 𒌨𒄩 (ur-ḫa) (accusative)
  • 𒌨𒄭𒅎 (ur-ḫi-im) (genitive)
  • 𒌑𒊒𒄴 (u₂-ru-uḫ) (construct state)

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