iṣum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕiṣ́- (“tree”). Cognate with Arabic عِضّ (ʕiḍḍ, “thorny trees, shrubs”), عُضّ (ʕuḍḍ, “thick coarse trees”) and Biblical Hebrew עֵץ (ʕeṣ, “tree, wood”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

iṣum m (construct state iṣi, plural iṣṣū)

1. tree
2. wood, lumber, timber

Alternative forms

• iṣu (non-mimated)
• iṣṣum, iṣṣu (non-mimated)
• eṣum, eṣu (non-mimated, Ass)
• eṣṣum, eṣṣu (non-mimated, Ass)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑 (iṣum)	𒄿𒍪𒌝 (i-ṣu₂-um) 𒄿𒍮 (i-ṣu)