bēltum
Akkadian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *baʕlat- (“lady”). Equivalent to 𒂗 (bēlum, “lord”) + -𒌈 (-tum, feminine suffix). Compare Arabic بَعْلَة (baʕla) and Biblical Hebrew בַּעֲלָה (baʕălɔ́).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈbeːl.tum/
Noun
editbēltum f (construct state bēlet, plural bēlētum, masculine bēlum) (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms
edit- bēltu (non-mimated)
- bēletum, bēletu (poetic)
- bēlatum, bēlatu (Old Assyrian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, El-Amarna, Boghazkeui)
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References
edit- “bēltu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “bēltu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag