aḫum

Akkadian

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.χum/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw- (“brother”). Cognate with Arabic أَخ‎ (ʔaḵ) and Biblical Hebrew אָח‎ (ʔɔḥ).

Noun

aḫum m (construct state aḫi, pronominal state aḫū or aḫā or aḫī, plural aḫḫū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. brother
2. colleague, associate
3. (correlative) one another, one… the other…

   𒀀𒄷𒌝 𒀀𒄩𒄠 𒅎𒈠𒅈

   a-ḫu-um a-ḫa-am im-ma-ar

   /aḫum aḫam immar/

   one sees the other

   𒀀𒄷𒌝 𒀀𒈾 𒀀𒄭𒅎 𒌑𒌌 𒄿𒊏𒂵𒄠

   a-ḫu-um a-na a-ḫi-im u₂-ul i-ra-ga-am

   /aḫum ana aḫim ul iraggam/

   one will not lay claim against the other

Alternative forms

• aḫu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋀 (ŠEŠ) 𒋀𒀀𒉌 (ŠEŠ.A.NI) (Old Babylonian) 𒋀𒎌 (ŠEŠ.MEŠ) (plural)	𒀀𒄷𒌝 (a-ḫu-um) 𒀀𒄷 (a-ḫu) 𒄴𒄷𒌑 (aḫ-ḫu-u₂) (plural)

Derived terms

• aḫātum
• aḫḫūtum

 

Related terms

• aḫi abim (“paternal uncle”)
• aḫi ummim (“maternal uncle”)
• aḫum rabûm
• aḫum ṣeḫrum

 

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

aḫum m (construct state aḫ or aḫi) (from Old Babylonian/Middle Assyrian on)

1. arm
2. side of a human, flank of animal, wing of an army
3. bank, shore, side or edge of a river
4. arm or handle of an instrument
5. sleeve or arm-hole
6. (first) half

Alternative forms

• aḫu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀉 (A₂) 𒍠 (ZAG) 𒄘 (GU₂)	𒀀𒄷𒌝 (a-ḫu-um) 𒀀𒄴 (a-aḫ) (construct state)

Derived terms

• aḫûm (“foreign, hostile; unusual, additional”)
• aḫītum (“additional payment; misfortune”)

 

See also

• 𒇿 (pagrum, “body”)