kalûm

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kʷall- or *kull-. Cognate with Arabic كُلّ (kull) and Biblical Hebrew כֹּל (kól).

Pronunciation

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /kaˈluːm/

Noun

kalûm m (construct state kala or kali or kal, pronominal state kalû or kalî or kalâ) (from Old Akkadian on)

all, totality, entirety, whole
𒅗𒆷 𒀭𒎌 ― ka-la DINGIR.MEŠ /kala ilī/ ― all the gods

𒆬𒄀 𒅗𒇻𒋗 ― KUG.SIG₁₇ ka-lu-šu /ḫurāṣum kalûšu/ ― all the gold (literally, “the gold, all of it”)

Alternative forms

kalû (non-mimated)
kulum (Old Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒆕 (DU₃) 𒆕𒀀𒁉 (DU₃.A.BI)	𒅗𒇻 (ka-lu)

References

“kalu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 92

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