alākum

Akkadian

Root
'-l-k
4 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *halak- (“to go”). Cognate with Arabic هَلَكَ (halaka, “to perish, die”) and Biblical Hebrew הָלַךְ (hɔláḵ, “to go”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /aˈlaː.kum/

Verb

alākum (G, a-i, durative illak, perfect ittalak, preterite illik, imperative alik)

1. to go, move, proceed
2. to come
3. to move about, walk about
4. to live, behave, act
5. to serve, to do do service
6. to be loose, movable, displaced
7. to fluctuate (prices), run (water), burn, go (fire), blow (wind), fall (rain), trail (smoke), come, pass (time), run (road)
8. to fit, be meant for

Alternative forms

• alāku (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁺 (DU)	𒀀𒆷𒆪𒌝 (a-la-ku-um)

Derived terms

• alaktum
• ilkum
• ālikum

 

Related terms

• alākam epēšum
• ilkam alākum
• tappûtam alākum
• ḫarrānam alākum