erēšum

Akkadian

Root
'-r-š
3 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥaraṯ- (“to plow”). Cognate with Arabic حَرَثَ (ḥaraṯa) and Biblical Hebrew חָרַשׁ (ḥɔráš).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /eˈreː.ʃum/

Verb

erēšum (G, i, durative irriš, perfect īteriš, preterite īriš, imperative eriš)

1. to sow, plant, plough and seed
2. to cultivate (a field)

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		erēšum
Participle		ērišum
Adjective		eršum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		erriš	ēteriš	ēriš	lūriš
2.sg	m	terriš	tēteriš	tēriš	eriš
	f	terrišī	tēteršī	tērišī	eršī
3.sg		irriš	īteriš	īriš	līriš
1.pl		nirriš	nīteriš	nīriš	i nīriš
2.pl		terrišā	tēteršā	tērišā	eršā
3.pl	m	irrišū	īteršū	īrišū	līrišū
	f	irrišā	īteršā	īrišā	līrišā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• erēšu (non-mimated)
• arāšum, arāšu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀳 (URU₄) 𒀳𒇲 (APIN.LA₂)	𒂊𒊑𒋳 (e-re-šum) 𒂊𒊑𒋙 (e-re-šu₂)

Related terms

• errēšum (“tenant farmer”)

 

References

• “erēšu B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 4, E, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1958, page 285
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “erēšu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page 77
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns