aḫum

See also: ahum and aḫûm

Akkadian

Pronunciation

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
  2. 𒋀𒎌 𒉌𒄿𒉡 [aḫḫū nīnu] ― ŠEŠ.MEŠ ni-i-nu ― We are brothers.
  3. colleague, associate
  4. (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
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
  • 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
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 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”)
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