aḫum

See also: ahum and aḫûm

Akkadian

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.χum/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw- (“brother”). Cognate with Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ) and Biblical Hebrew אָח (ʔɔḥ).

Noun

aḫum m (construct state aḫi, pronominal state aḫū or aḫā or aḫī, plural aḫḫū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. brother

   𒋀𒎌 𒉌𒄿𒉡 [aḫḫū nīnu] ― ŠEŠ.MEŠ ni-i-nu ― We are brothers.

2. colleague, associate
3. (correlative) one another, one… the other…

   𒀀𒄷𒌝 𒀀𒄩𒄠 𒅎𒈠𒅈

   [aḫum aḫam immar]

   a-ḫu-um a-ḫa-am im-ma-ar

   one sees the other

   𒀀𒄷𒌝 𒀀𒈾 𒀀𒄭𒅎 𒌑𒌌 𒄿𒊏𒂵𒄠

   [aḫum ana aḫim ul iraggam]

   a-ḫu-um a-na a-ḫi-im u₂-ul i-ra-ga-am

   one will not lay claim against the other

Alternative forms

• aḫu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋀 (ŠEŠ) 𒋀𒀀𒉌 (ŠEŠ.A.NI) (Old Babylonian) 𒋀𒎌 (ŠEŠ.MEŠ) (plural)	𒀀𒄷𒌝 (a-ḫu-um) 𒀀𒄷 (a-ḫu) 𒄴𒄷𒌑 (aḫ-ḫu-u₂) (plural)

Derived terms

• aḫātum
• aḫḫūtum

 

Related terms

• aḫi abim (“paternal uncle”)
• aḫi ummim (“maternal uncle”)
• aḫum rabûm
• aḫum ṣeḫrum

 

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

aḫum m (construct state aḫ or aḫi) (from Old Babylonian/Middle Assyrian on)

1. arm
2. side of a human, flank of animal, wing of an army
3. bank, shore, side or edge of a river
4. arm or handle of an instrument
5. sleeve or arm-hole
6. (first) half

Alternative forms

• aḫu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀉 (A₂) 𒍠 (ZAG) 𒄘 (GU₂)	𒀀𒄷𒌝 (a-ḫu-um) 𒀀𒄴 (a-aḫ) (construct state)

Derived terms

• aḫûm (“foreign, hostile; unusual, additional”)
• aḫītum (“additional payment; misfortune”)

 

See also

• 𒇿 (pagrum, “body”)