amārum

Akkadian

Root
'-m-r
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎎𐎗 (ảmr /⁠ʾamara⁠/, “to see; to say”). Compare also Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to order, command”) and Biblical Hebrew אָמַר (ʔɔmár, “to say”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

amārum (G, a-u, durative immar, perfect ītamar, preterite īmur, imperative amur) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to see, behold, look at, observe, witness, examine, inspect, notice

   𒀀𒄯 [amur!] ― a-mur ― look!

2. to experience, come across, find (an object, a site, etc.)
3. to find after searching, to look up (information), find (a result), come to know, realise, learn by experience
4. to read (a tablet, document, inscription, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		amārum
Participle		āmirum
Adjective		amrum
Active		Durative	Preterite	Perfect	Imperative
1.sg		ammar	āmur	ātamar	lūmur
2.sg	m	tammar	tāmur	tātamar	amur
	f	tammarī	tāmurī	tātamrī	amrī
3.sg		immar	īmur	ītamar	līmur
1.pl		nimmar	nīmur	nītamar	i nīmur
2.pl		tammarā	tāmurā	tātamrā	amrā
3.pl	m	immarū	īmurū	ītamrū	līmurū
	f	immarā	īmurā	ītamrā	līmurā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• amāru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅆 (IGI) 𒅆𒇲 (IGI.LA₂) 𒅆𒂃 (IGI.DU₈)	𒀀𒈠𒀀𒀸 (a-ma-a-rum) 𒀀𒈠𒀸 (a-ma-rum) 𒀀𒈠𒀀𒊒 (a-ma-a-ru) 𒀀𒈠𒊒 (a-ma-ru)

References

• “amāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011