esēpum

Akkadian

Root
'-s-p
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew אָסַף (ʔɔsáp̄, “to collect”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /eˈseː.pum/

Verb

esēpum (G, i, durative issip, perfect ītesip, preterite īsip, imperative esip) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. to gather up, collect, scrape together, decant

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		esēpum
Participle		ēsipum
Adjective		espum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		essip	ētesip	ēsip	lūsip
2.sg	m	tessip	tētesip	tēsip	esip
	f	tessipī	tētespī	tēsipī	espī
3.sg		issip	ītesip	īsip	līsip
1.pl		nissip	nītesip	nīsip	i nīsip
2.pl		tessipā	tētespā	tēsipā	espā
3.pl	m	issipū	ītespū	īsipū	līsipū
	f	issipā	ītespā	īsipā	līsipā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• esēpu (non-mimated)
• eṣēpu

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒂊𒋛𒁍 (e-se-pu)

References

• “esēpu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011