salāmum

Akkadian

Root
s-l-m
2 terms

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic سَلِمَ (salima, “to be free”) and Biblical Hebrew שָׁלַם (šɔlám, “to be in covenant of peace”).

Pronunciation

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /saˈlaː.mum/

Verb

salāmum (G, i, durative isallim, perfect istallim, preterite islim, imperative silim) (from Old Babylonian on)

to make peace, become reconciled, be at peace

Alternative forms

salāmu (non-mimated)
selēmu (Neo-Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒁲 (SILIM)	𒊓𒆷𒈬 (sa-la-mu)

References

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

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