ḫarrānum

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Akkadian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Compare Biblical Hebrew הָרָן (ḥɔrɔ́n, Haran, a Biblical place name).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ḫarrānum f (plural ḫarrānātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. road, way, path
    𒄩𒊏𒉡𒌝 𒄿𒊬𒌈
    ḫa-ra-nu-um i-šar-tum
    /ḫarrānum išartum/
    the right path (the right behaviour)
    1. (astronomy) path (of heavenly bodies)
  2. journey, trip, travel
    1. (Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian) journey-money
    2. (Neo-Babylonian) trading capital
    3. business venture
  3. military expedition/campaign
    𒆜 𒀀𒆷𒆪𒌝KASKAL a-la-ku-um /ḫarrānam alākum/ ― to perform military service (literally, “to go (on) military expedition”)
    𒆜 𒍝𒁀𒌈KASKAL ṣa-ba-tum /ḫarrānam ṣabātum/ ― to take to the road, undertake a campaign
  4. caravan
  5. (mathematics) times

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Descendants

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  • Sumerian: 𒄯𒊏𒀭 (ḫar-ra-an /⁠ḫarran⁠/)

References

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  • “ḫarrānu”, 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) “ḫarrānu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns