šaḫāṭum

Akkadian

Root
š-ḫ-ṭ
1 term

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈχaː.tˤum/

Verb

šaḫāṭum (G, i, durative išaḫḫiṭ, perfect ištaḫiṭ, preterite išḫiṭ, imperative šiḫiṭ) (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  to jump, leap, jump up, jump on, jump over
2. to attack, raid
3. (body parts) to jerk, twitch, pulse, move spasmodically
4. to escape, run away

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		šaḫāṭum
Participle		šāḫiṭum
Adjective		šaḫṭum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		ašaḫḫiṭ	aštaḫiṭ	ašḫiṭ	lušḫiṭ
2.sg	m	tašaḫḫiṭ	taštaḫiṭ	tašḫiṭ	šiḫiṭ
	f	tašaḫḫiṭī	taštaḫṭī	tašḫiṭī	šiḫṭī
3.sg		išaḫḫiṭ	ištaḫiṭ	išḫiṭ	lišḫiṭ
1.pl		nišaḫḫiṭ	ništaḫiṭ	nišḫiṭ	i nišḫiṭ
2.pl		tašaḫḫiṭā	taštaḫṭā	tašḫiṭā	šiḫṭā
3.pl	m	išaḫḫiṭū	ištaḫṭū	išḫiṭū	lišḫiṭū
	f	išaḫḫiṭā	ištaḫṭā	išḫiṭā	lišḫiṭā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• šaḫāṭu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄞𒌓 (GU₄.UD)	𒊭𒄩𒂅 (ša-ḫa-ṭu) 𒊭𒄩𒀀𒁺 (ša-ḫa-a-ṭu₃) 𒃻𒄩𒀀𒂅 (ša₂-ḫa-a-ṭu) 𒃻𒄩𒂅 (ša₂-ḫa-ṭu)

References

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