ḫalāqum

Akkadian

Root
ḫ-l-q
3 terms

Etymology

Compare perhaps Arabic خَلِقَ (ḵaliqa‬, “to be old, shabby”) and Biblical Hebrew חָלַק (ḥɔláq, “to be smooth, slippery”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /χaˈlaː.qum/

Verb

ḫalāqum (G, i, durative iḫalliq, perfect iḫtaliq, preterite iḫliq, imperative ḫiliq) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. to disappear, vanquish, go missing, get lost, perish
2. to flee, escape

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		ḫalāqum
Participle		ḫāliqum
Adjective		ḫalqum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		aḫalliq	aḫtaliq	aḫliq	luḫliq
2.sg	m	taḫalliq	taḫtaliq	taḫliq	ḫiliq
	f	taḫalliqī	taḫtalqī	taḫliqī	ḫilqī
3.sg		iḫalliq	iḫtaliq	iḫliq	liḫliq
1.pl		niḫalliq	niḫtaliq	niḫliq	i niḫliq
2.pl		taḫalliqā	taḫtalqā	taḫliqā	ḫilqā
3.pl	m	iḫalliqū	iḫtalqū	iḫliqū	liḫliqū
	f	iḫalliqā	iḫtalqā	iḫliqā	liḫliqā

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

Alternative forms

• ḫalāqu (non-mimated)
• ḫelēqu (Neo-Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄩𒀀 (ZAḪ₂) 𒀄 (ZAḪ₃) 𒉈 (ZAḪ)	𒄩𒆷𒄣 (ḫa-la-qum) 𒄩𒆷𒄣 (ḫa-la-qu) 𒄩𒆷𒀀𒄣 (ḫa-la-a-qu)

Derived terms

• ḫulluqum
• ḫulqum

References

• “ḫalāqu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ḫalāqu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag