šiprum
Akkadian
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| š-p-r |
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Etymology
Verbal noun of 𒊭𒉺𒀸 (šapārum, “to send to”). The sense development is akin to Classical Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “message, letter”) from ἐπῐστέλλειν (epĭstéllein, “to send to”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃip.rum/
Noun
šiprum m (construct state šipir, plural šiprū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- message, report, commission
- (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian) messenger
- Synonym: 𒌉𒅆𒅁𒊑𒅎 (mār šiprim)
- work, task, activity, mission
Alternative forms
- šipru (non-mimated)
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Descendants
- → Aramaic: סִפְרָא (sip̄rā), ܣܶܦܪܳܐ (sep̄rā, “book, scroll”)
- → Arabic: سِفْر (sifr, “book”)
- → Biblical Hebrew: סֵפֶר (sép̄ɛr, “letter; document, book, scroll”)
- → Israeli Hebrew: ספר (séfer, “book”)
- → Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎔𐎗 (spr, “tablet; writing; letter”)
References
- “šipru”, 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), “šipru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library