tamḫārum

Akkadian

Root
m-ḫ-r
4 terms

𒀩 𒁮𒄩𒊑𒅎 (ṣalam tamḫārim)

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /tamˈχaː.rum/

Noun

tamḫārum m (plural tamḫārū) (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, El-Amarna)

1. battle, combat, fight

   𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 𒀀𒊬 𒁮𒄩𒊑𒅎 𒄑𒆪𒋗 𒇷𒅖𒁉𒅕

   ^dza-ba₄-ba₄ a-šar tam₂-ha-ri-im GIŠ.TUKUL-šu li-iš-bi-ir

   /Zabāba ašar tamḫārim kakkašu lišbir/

   may Zabāba break his weapon in battle

Alternative forms

• tamḫāru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒌓𒄩𒊒 (tam-ḫa-ru) 𒋫𒄠𒄩𒊒 (ta-am-ḫa-ru) 𒋫𒄠𒄩𒊑𒅎 (ta-am-ḫa-ri-im) (genitive) 𒁮𒄩𒊑𒅎 (tam₂-ḫa-ri-im) (genitive) 𒌓𒄩𒊑𒅎 (tam-ḫa-ri-im) (genitive) 𒌓𒄩𒊑 (tam-ḫa-ri) (genitive)

References

• “tamḫāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “tamḫāru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag