išûm

Akkadian

Root
y-š-w
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yṯw- (to be). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁ (yéš) and Ugaritic 𐎛𐎘 (ỉṯ, “presence, existence”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /iˈʃuːm/

Verb

išûm (G, u, preterite īšu or īši) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to have, own
2. to have a claim (against someone)
3. (El-Amarna) used as a copulative

Alternative forms

• išû (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌇 (TUK) 𒅔𒌇 (IN.TUK)	𒄿𒋗𒌑 (i-šu-u₂) 𒄿𒋗𒌋 (i-šu-u) 𒄿𒋙𒌑 (i-šu₂-u₂) 𒄿𒋙𒌋 (i-šu₂-u) 𒄿𒋗 (i-šu) 𒄿𒋙 (i-šu₂) 𒄿𒅆 (i-ši)

References

• “išû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “išû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon. An At-A-Glance Akkadian Dictionary of the RINAP 4 Corpus. In: State Archives of Assyria Bulletin, Vol. 19: pp. 29-86