maḫāṣum

Akkadian

Root
m-ḫ-ṣ
2 terms

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew מָחַץ (mɔḥáṣ) and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎃𐎕 (mḫṣ /⁠maḫiṣa⁠/, “to hit, kill”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /maˈχaː.sˤum/

Verb

maḫāṣum (G, a, durative imaḫḫaṣ, perfect imtaḫaṣ, preterite imḫaṣ, imperative maḫaṣ) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to strike, hit, kill

   𒄿𒈾 𒈠𒄩𒍣𒅎 𒊭 𒇷𒅁𒁉𒊭 𒍑𒋫𒁲𒅆

   [ina maḫāṣim ša libbiša uštaddīši]

   i-na ma-ḫa-ṣi₂-im ša li-ib-bi-ša uš-ta-di-ši

   He has made her lose her child by beating her.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		maḫāṣum
Participle		māḫiṣum
Adjective		maḫṣum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		amaḫḫaṣ	amtaḫaṣ	amḫaṣ	lumḫaṣ
2.sg	m	tamaḫḫaṣ	tamtaḫaṣ	tamḫaṣ	maḫaṣ
	f	tamaḫḫaṣī	tamtaḫṣī	tamḫaṣī	maḫṣī
3.sg		imaḫḫaṣ	imtaḫaṣ	imḫaṣ	limḫaṣ
1.pl		nimaḫḫaṣ	nimtaḫaṣ	nimḫaṣ	i nimḫaṣ
2.pl		tamaḫḫaṣā	tamtaḫṣā	tamḫaṣā	maḫṣā
3.pl	m	imaḫḫaṣū	imtaḫṣū	imḫaṣū	limḫaṣū
	f	imaḫḫaṣā	imtaḫṣā	imḫaṣā	limḫaṣā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• maḫāṣu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒉺 (SIG₃) (rarely) 𒊏 (RA)	𒈠𒄩𒍮 (ma-ḫa-ṣum) 𒈠𒄩𒍮 (ma-ḫa-ṣu) 𒈠𒄩𒀀𒍮 (ma-ḫa-a-ṣu)

References

• “maḫāṣu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977