birkum
Akkadian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”). Cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ (baraka, “to kneel”), رُكْبَة (rukba, “knee”) and Biblical Hebrew בֶּרֶךְ (bɛ́rɛḵ, “knee”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈbir.kum/
Noun
editbirkum m (construct state birki, pronominal state birka, plural birkū)
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Related terms
edit- bēl birkim (“runner, henchman”)
See also
edit- 𒇿 (pagrum, “body”)