šakānum

Akkadian

Root
š-k-n
2 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic سكن (sakana, “to dwell, to live”), Biblical Hebrew הֵכִין (heḵin, “to establish, set up”), hif'il of Biblical Hebrew כ־ו־ן (k-w-n), and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎋𐎐 (škn, “to establish”), Š-stem of Ugaritic 𐎋𐎐 (kn, “to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈkaː.num/

Verb

šakānum (class a-u) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to place, put, set
2. to establish, install, appoint, assign, impose

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		šakānum
Participle		šākinum
Adjective		šaknum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		ašakkan	aštakan	aškun	luškun
2.sg	m	tašakkan	taštakan	taškun	šukun
	f	tašakkanī	taštaknī	taškunī	šuknī
3.sg		išakkan	ištakan	iškun	liškun
1.pl		nišakkan	ništakan	niškun	i niškun
2.pl		tašakkanā	taštaknā	taškunā	šuknā
3.pl	m	išakkanū	ištaknū	iškunū	liškunū
	f	išakkanā	ištaknā	iškunā	liškunā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• šakānu (non-mimated)
• sakānu (Mari, El-Amarna)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒃻 (GAR)	𒊭𒅗𒀀𒉡𒌝 (ša-ka-a-nu-um) 𒊭𒅗𒉡𒌝 (ša-ka-nu-um) 𒃻𒅗𒉡 (ša₂-ka-nu)

References

• “šakānu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns