šarāqum

Akkadian

Root
š-r-q
3 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic سَرَقَ (saraqa, “to steal”) and Ge'ez ሰረቀ (säräḳä, “to steal”)

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈraː.qum/

Verb

šarāqum (class i) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. to steal, to act as a thief
2. to kidnap
   • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code‎^[1], The Louvre, Law 14:

     𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒌉 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒍢𒄴𒊏𒄠 𒅖𒋫𒊑𒅅 𒀉𒁕𒀝

     [šumma awīlum mār awīlim ṣeḫram ištariq iddâk]

     šum-ma a-wi-lum DUMU a-wi-lim ṣe-eḫ-ra-am iš-ta-ri-iq id-da-ak

     If a free man has kidnapped the young son of a free man, he will be executed.

Alternative forms

• šarāqu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒊭𒊏𒄣 (ša-ra-qu(m)) 𒊭𒊏𒀀𒆪 (ša-ra-a-qu₂)

References

• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns