ṣeḫērum

Akkadian

Root
ṣ-ḫ-r
4 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣaɣir-. Cognate with Arabic صَغُرَ (ṣaḡura, “to be(come) small, young”) and Biblical Hebrew צָעַר (ṣɔʿar, “to be small, insignificant”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /sˤeˈχeː.rum/

Verb

ṣeḫērum (class i)

1. (size or quantity) to be small, little, few
2. (age) to be young, little
3. (law) to be underage, a minor

Noun

ṣeḫērum m

1. childhood

   𒄿𒈾 𒍢𒄭𒊑𒅀 ― i-na ṣe-ḫe-ri-ia /ina ṣeḫērīya/ ― when I was young (literally, “in my childhood”)

Alternative forms

• ṣeḫēru (non-mimated)
• ṣaḫārum, ṣaḫāru (Old Akkadian, Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌉 (TUR)	𒍢𒄭𒊒𒌝 (ṣe-ḫe-ru-um)

Derived terms

• ṣeḫrum
• ṣuḫārtum
• ṣuḫārum