Compare Sabaean 𐩣𐩭𐩧 (mḫr, “to face, oppose, fight”) and Soqotri meḥor (“to offer”).
maḫārum (G, a-u, durative imaḫḫar, perfect imtaḫar, preterite imḫur, imperative muḫur) (from Old Akkadian on)
- (with itti or ina qātim ša) to accept, receive
- to face, approach, meet, confront
𒄿𒈾 𒊑𒌍 𒉿𒅈𒄭𒅎 𒀭𒉌𒅎 𒄿𒈾 𒋗𒁀𒀜 𒀭𒂗𒆤𒆠 𒋫𒈠𒄴𒄩𒊏𒀭𒉌- [ina rēš warḫim annîm ina Šubat-Enlil tamaḫḫaranni]
- i-na re-eš wa-ar-ḫi-im an-ni-im i-na šu-ba-at dEN.LIL₂ki ta-ma-aḫ-ḫa-ra-an-ni
- You shall meet me in Šubat-Enlil at the very beginning of this month.
- (with īnum as object) to please someone
- 𒅔 𒈗 𒋫𒄠𒄷𒌨 [īn šarrim tamḫur] ― in LUGAL ta-am-ḫu-ur ― you pleased the king
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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maḫārum
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| Participle
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māḫirum
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| Adjective
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maḫrum
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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amaḫḫar
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amtaḫar
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amḫur
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lumḫur
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| 2.sg
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m
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tamaḫḫar
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tamtaḫar
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tamḫur
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muḫur
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| f
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tamaḫḫarī
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tamtaḫrī
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tamḫurī
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muḫrī
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| 3.sg
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imaḫḫar
|
imtaḫar
|
imḫur
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limḫur
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| 1.pl
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nimaḫḫar
|
nimtaḫar
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nimḫur
|
i nimḫur
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| 2.pl
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tamaḫḫarā
|
tamtaḫrā
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tamḫurā
|
muḫrā
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| 3.pl
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m
|
imaḫḫarū
|
imtaḫrū
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imḫurū
|
limḫurū
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| f
|
imaḫḫarā
|
imtaḫrā
|
imḫurā
|
limḫurā
|
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Cuneiform spellings
| Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒈠𒄩𒀸 (ma-ḫa-rum)
- 𒈠𒄩𒊒 (ma-ḫa-ru)
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- “maḫāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
