wālidum

Akkadian

Root
w-l-d
2 terms

Etymology

Participle of 𒉿𒆷𒁺𒌝 (walādum). Cognate with Arabic وَالِد (wālid) and Biblical Hebrew יֹלֵד (yoléḏ, “he who begets”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaː.li.dum/

Adjective

wālidum (feminine wālittum, masculine plural wālidūtum, feminine plural wālidātum) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. begetter, birth giving, (mother) who bore, real (father/mother), progenitor/progenitress
   • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by CDLI, Hammurabi Code‎^[1], The Louvre, Epilogue, lines 20-24:

     𒁹 𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉𒈪 𒁁𒈝 𒊭 𒆠𒈠 𒀀𒁉𒅎 𒉿𒇷𒁲𒅎 𒀀𒈾 𒉌𒅆 𒄿𒁀𒀸𒋗𒌑

     [Ḫammurapi-mi, bēlum ša kīma abim wālidim ana nišī ibaššû]

     ^mḫa-am-mu-ra-pi₂-mi be-lum ša ki-ma a-bi-im wa-li-di-im a-na ni-ši i-ba-aš-šu-u₂

     Ḫammurabi, the lord who is like a real father to the people (...)

Alternative forms

• wālidu (non-mimated)
• ālidum, ālidu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅇𒌅 (U₃.TU) 𒌅 (TU)	𒀀𒇷𒁺 (a-li-du) 𒉿𒇷𒀉𒌈 (wa-li-it-tum) (feminine) 𒀀𒀖𒌈 (a-lit-tum) (feminine) 𒀀𒀖𒌓 (a-lit-tu₂) (feminine) 𒀀𒀖𒌅 (a-lit-tu) (feminine)

References

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