šemûm

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa) and Biblical Hebrew שָׁמַע (šɔmáʕ).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

šemûm (class e)

1. to hear
2. to listen, pay attention
3. to obey

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		šemûm
Participle		šēmûm
Adjective		šemûm
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		ešemme	ešteme	ešme	lušme
2.sg	m	tešemme	tešteme	tešme	šeme
	f	tešemmî	teštemî	tešmî	šemî
3.sg		išemme	išteme	išme	lišme
1.pl		nišemme	ništeme	nišme	i nišme
2.pl		tešemmeā	teštemeā	tešmeā	šemeā
3.pl	m	išemmû	ištemû	išmû	lišmû
	f	išemmeā	ištemeā	išmeā	lišmeā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• šemû, non-mimated
• šamûm, šamû
• šamā'um, šamā'u (Old Akkadian, Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒌇 (GIŠ.TUK) 𒊺𒂵 (ŠE.GA) 𒄬 (ḪAL) (Neo-Assyrian, proper nouns)	𒊺𒈬𒌑 (še-mu-u₂)

References

• “šemû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011