leqûm

Akkadian

Root
l-q-'
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *laqāḥ- (“to take”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew לָקַח (lɔqáḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /leˈquːm/

Verb

leqûm (G, e, durative ileqqe, perfect ilteqe, preterite ilqe, imperative leqe) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to take

Alternative forms

• leqû (non-mimated)
• laqûm, laqû
• laqā'um, laqā'u
• laqāḫu (El-Amarna)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋾 (TI)	𒇷𒄣𒌑 (le-qu-u₂) 𒇷𒆪𒌑 (le-qu₂-u₂) 𒇷𒄣𒌋 (le-qu-u) 𒆷𒄣𒌋 (la-qu-u) 𒇷𒆪𒌋 (le-qu₂-u)

References

• “leqû”, 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) “leqû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library