ḫīṭum

See also: hitum

Akkadian

Root
ḫ-ṭ-'
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic خِطْء (ḵiṭʔ, “sin”) and Biblical Hebrew חֵטְא (ḥeṭʾ, “sin”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ḫīṭum m (construct state ḫīt or ḫīti, plural ḫīṭū) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. error, fault, lack, defect
2. damage, harm
3. crime, offence, sin, penalty
4. negligence

Alternative forms

• ḫīṭu (non-mimated)
• ḫiṭṭu (later form)
• ḫīṭāni (in the plural, Middle Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒄭𒄿𒌈 (ḫi-i-ṭum) 𒄭𒁺𒌝 (ḫi-ṭu₃-um) 𒄭𒄿𒂆 (ḫi-i-ṭu) 𒄭𒄿𒂆 (ḫi-ṭu)

References

• “ḫīṭu 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) “ḫīṭu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns