banûm

Akkadian
Root
b-n-y

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic بَنَى‎ (banā) and Biblical Hebrew בָּנָה‎ (bānâ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baˈnuːm/

Verb

banûm (stem G, class i, durative ibanni, perfect ibtani, preterite ibni, imperative bini)

  1. to build, construct, form, make, manufacture
  2. to create (said of deity)

Inflection
Conjugation
Infinitive 𒁀𒉡𒌝
banûm
Participle 𒁀𒉡𒌝
bānûm
Adjective 𒁀𒉡𒌝
banûm
Active Durative Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg 𒀀𒁀𒀭𒉌 𒀀𒀊𒉌 𒀀𒀊𒋫𒉌 𒇻𒌒𒉌
abanni abni abtani lubni
2.sg m 𒋫𒁀𒀭𒉌 𒋫𒀊𒉌 𒋫𒀊𒋫𒉌 𒁉𒉌
tabanni tabni tabtani bini
f 𒋫𒁀𒀭𒉌 𒋫𒀊𒉌 𒋫𒀊𒋫𒉌 𒁉𒉌
tabannî tabnî tabtanî binî
3.sg 𒄿𒁀𒀭𒉌 𒅁𒉌 𒅁𒋫𒉌 𒇷𒅁𒉌
ibanni ibni ibtani libni
1.pl 𒉌𒁀𒀭𒉌 𒉌𒅁𒉌 𒉌𒅁𒋫𒉌 𒄿𒉌𒅁𒉌
nibanni nibni nibtani i nibni
2.pl 𒋫𒁀𒀭𒉌𒀀 𒋫𒀊𒉌𒀀 𒋫𒀊𒋫𒉌𒀀 𒁉𒉌𒀀
tabanniā tabniā tabtaniā biniā
3.pl m 𒄿𒁀𒀭𒉡 𒅁𒉡 𒅁𒋫𒉡 𒇷𒅁𒉡
ibannû ibnû ibtanû libnû
f 𒄿𒁀𒀭𒉌𒀀 𒅁𒉌𒀀 𒅁𒋫𒉌𒀀 𒇷𒅁𒉌𒀀
ibanniā ibniā ibtaniā libniā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁀𒉡𒌑 (ba-nu-u₂)
  • 𒁀𒉡𒌋 (ba-nu-u)

Derived terms
  • bānûm (“creator”)

References
  • “banû A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
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