šarāqum

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Akkadian[edit]

Root
š-r-q
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

Compare Arabic سَرَقَ (saraqa, “to steal”) and Ge'ez ሰረቀ (säräḳä, “to steal”)[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

šarāqum (class i) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. to steal, to act as a thief
  2. to kidnap
    • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code‎[1], The Louvre, Law 14:
      𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒌉 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒍢𒄴𒊏𒄠 𒅖𒋫𒊑𒅅 𒀉𒁕𒀝
      [šumma awīlum mār awīlim ṣeḫram ištariq iddâk]
      šum-ma a-wi-lum DUMU a-wi-lim ṣe-eḫ-ra-am iš-ta-ri-iq id-da-ak
      If a free man has kidnapped the young son of a free man, he will be executed.

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Cuneiform spellings
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References[edit]

  1. ^ Comparative Dictionary of Geʻez (Classical Ethiopic): Geʻez-English, English-Geʻez, with an Index of the Semitic Roots
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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