iltum

Akkadian

Etymology

From 𒀭 (ilum, “god”) +‎ -𒌈 (-tum, feminine suffix). Akin to Arabic إِلَاهَة (ʔilāha) and Biblical Hebrew אֵלָה (ʔelɔ́).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈil.tum/

Noun

iltum f (construct state ilat, plural ilātum, masculine ilum) (Old Akkadian, Babylonian, Old Assyrian)

1. goddess

Alternative forms

• iltu (non-mimated)
• eltum, eltu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic	Mixed
𒀭 (DINGIR) (Standard Babylonian) 𒀭𒊩 (DINGIR.MUNUS)	𒅋𒌈 (il-tum) (acc) 𒅋𒋫𒄠 (il-ta-am) (gen) 𒅋𒁴 (il-tim) (non-mimated) 𒅋𒌅 (il-tu) (construct state) 𒄿𒆷𒀜 (i-la-at) (construct state) 𒄿𒆳 (i-lat) (non-mimated pl) 𒄿𒆷𒌅 (i-la-tu) (gen pl) 𒄿𒆷𒀀𒁴 (i-la-a-tim)	(construct state) 𒀭𒀜 (DINGIR-at)

References

• “iltu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “iltu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library