šiprum

Akkadian edit

Root
š-p-r
3 terms

Etymology edit

Verbal noun of 𒊭𒉺𒀸 (šapārum, “to send to”). The sense development is akin to Classical Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “message, letter”) from ἐπῐστέλλειν (epistéllein, “to send to”).

Pronunciation edit

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃip.rum/

Noun edit

šiprum m (construct state šipir, plural šiprū) (from Old Akkadian on)

message, report, commission
(Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian) messenger
Synonym: 𒌉𒅆𒅁𒊑𒅎 (mār šiprim)
work, task, activity, mission

Alternative forms edit

šipru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒆥 (KIN)	𒅆𒅁𒀸 (ši-ip-rum) 𒈨𒀸 (šip-rum) 𒅆𒅁𒊒 (ši-ip-ru) 𒋛𒅁𒊒 (ši₂-ip-ru) 𒈨𒊒 (šip-ru)

Descendants edit

→ Aramaic: סִפְרָא (sip̄rā), ܣܶܦܪܳܐ (sep̄rā, “book, scroll”)
- → Arabic: سِفْر (sifr, “book”)
→ Biblical Hebrew: סֵפֶר (sép̄ɛr, “letter; document, book, scroll”)
- → Israeli Hebrew: ספר (séfer, “book”)
→ Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎔𐎗 (spr, “tablet; writing; letter”)

References edit

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