zērum

Akkadian

Etymology

Root
z-r-'
1 term

From Proto-Semitic *zarʕ- (“seed”). Cognate with Arabic زَرْع (zarʕ) and Biblical Hebrew זֶרַע (zɛ́raʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.rum/

Noun

zērum m (construct state zēr or zēri, plural zērū)

1. seed
2. semen
3. offspring, descendant

Alternative forms

• zēru (non-mimated)
• zīrum, zīru (non-mimated)
• zar'um, zar'u (Old Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒆰 (NUMUN) 𒊺𒆰 (ŠE.NUMUN)	𒍣𒊒𒌝 (zi-ru-um) 𒍢𒊒𒌝 (ze₂-ru-um) 𒍣𒂊𒀸 (zi-e-rum) 𒍣𒂊𒊒 (zi-e-ru) 𒍣𒊒 (zi-ru)

References

• “zēru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011