Akkadian 21

Question 1

elûm (v.)

Answer 1

(i) to go up, ascend; w/ventive: to come up, emerge, appear

Question 2

elûm (verb. adj.)

Answer 2

(eli-; fem. elītum) high, tall, exalted, upper

Question 3

lawûm (v.)

Answer 3

(i) to go around, circle, encircle; to surround, beseige

Question 4

lawûm (verb. adj.)

Answer 4

(lawi) verb. adj. ms lawûm; encircled, surrounded

Question 5

leʾûm or leyûm (v.)

Answer 5

(i/e; gen. leʾêm or leyêm/lêm)

to be able (to do: + acc. Infin.; e.g. epēš(am ša) bītim eleʾʾi ‘I am able to build the house’);

to become an expert, a master; to overpower (s.o.), win (a legal case)

Question 6

lēʾûm or lēyûm

Answer 6

participle ms leʾûm (fem. lēʾītum) able, capable, expert

Question 7

naʾādum

Answer 7

(i) to pay attention, heed (s.o.: ana/dat.); to be concerned, worried (about: ana/dat.); in hendiadys: to do (s.th.) carefully

Question 8

naʾdum or nādum

Answer 8

(naʾid- or nād-) attentive, pious; careful

Question 9

nadûm (v.)

Answer 9

(i) to throw (down), set (down), lay (down), pour (s.th. into s.th.); to neglect, abandon, ignore; to knock out (e.g. a tooth); to lay a criminal charge (against: eli)

Question 10

nadûm (verb. adj.)

Answer 10

(nadi-; fem. nadītum) abandoned; fallow; laid, lying, situated;

subst. fem. nadītum: special priestess not allowed to bear children

Question 11

nakārum

Answer 11

(i) to become different, strange; to become hostile, engage in hostilities; to change (intrans.); to deny, dispute (s.th.: acc.; to/with s.o.: acc.)

Question 12

našûm

Answer 12

(i) to lift (up), raise; to carry, bear, support; to transport, deliver; to take, accept, receive (from: ina qāt); to remove

Question 13

qerbum

Answer 13

(qerub-; fp qerbētum/qerbātum)

near, at hand, close by;

as noun: relative

Question 14

qerēbum

Answer 14

(e or i; an e-type verb; perf. 3mp iqterbū/iqtarbū)

to draw near, approach (+ ana / dat.)

Question 15

waṣûm (v.)

Answer 15

(i) to go out, go forth, depart, leave, escape; to protrude, grow; w/ventive: to come forth, out; emerge, appear

Question 16

waṣûm (verb. adj.)

Answer 16

(waṣi) verb. adj. ms waṣûm; gone (forth), outside; protruding

Question 17

dūrum

Answer 17

(dūr[i]; pl. dūrānū; log. BÀD) wall

Question 18

kiṣir libbim

Answer 18

anger

Question 19

kiṣir šadîm

Answer 19

bedrock

Question 20

kiṣrum

Answer 20

(kiṣir; pl. kiṣrū)

knot; joint (of the body or a plant); constriction, concentration; lump; band, contingent (of soldiers); payment (for rent, services, etc.; often pl.); region, section

Question 21

meḫrum

Answer 21

(meḫer; pl. meḫrū and meḫrētum)

copy (of a document), list; answer, reply; equivalent, fellow, person of the same rank; weir

Question 22

ša libbim nadûm

Answer 22

to have a miscarriage

Question 23

šībūtum

Answer 23

(šībūt) (old) age; testimony, witness (cf. šiābum)

Question 24

šinnum

Answer 24

(fem.; šinni; sf. šinna-; dual šinnān; log. ZÚ [= the KA sign])

tooth; for ‘teeth’ the dual (i.e. two rows) is used