salāmum

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Akkadian

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Root
s-l-m
2 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1.  to make peace, become reconciled, be at peace

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References

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  • “salāmu”, 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) “salāmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag