balāṭum

Akkadian
Root
b-l-ṭ
1 term

Pronunciation

Noun

balāṭum m (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. life, vigor, good health
  2. life, lifetime

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒋾 (TI)
  • 𒋾𒆷 (TI.LA)
  • 𒁁 (TIL) (El-Amarna, Ras Sharma)
  • 𒁁𒆷 (TIL.LA) (El-Amarna, Ras Sharma)
  • 𒁷 (DIN, TIN) (Neo-Babylonian)
  • 𒁀𒆷𒌅𒌝 (ba-la-ṭu₂-um)
  • 𒁀𒆷𒂅 (ba-la-ṭu)

Verb

balāṭum (G, u, durative iballuṭ, perfect ibtaluṭ, preterite ibluṭ, imperative buluṭ) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to live, be alive, be healthy
    𒁍𒇻𒌓 𒁮𒆠𒅖 [buluṭ damqiš] ― bu-lu-uṭ dam-qi₂-iš ― Live in good health! (greeting formula)
  2. to get well, recover

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive balāṭum
Participle bāliṭum
Adjective balṭum
Active Durative Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg aballuṭ abluṭ abtaluṭ lubluṭ
2.sg m taballuṭ tabluṭ tabtaluṭ buluṭ
f taballuṭī tabluṭī tabtalṭī bulṭī
3.sg iballuṭ ibluṭ ibtaluṭ libluṭ
1.pl niballuṭ nibluṭ nibtaluṭ i nibluṭ
2.pl taballuṭā tabluṭā tabtalṭā bulṭā
3.pl m iballuṭū ibluṭū ibtalṭū libluṭū
f iballuṭā ibluṭā ibtalṭā libluṭā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒋾 (TI)
  • 𒋾𒆷 (TI.LA)
  • 𒁷 (DIN, TIN)
  • 𒁀𒆷𒌅𒌝 (ba-la-ṭu₂-um)
  • 𒁀𒆷𒂅 (ba-la-ṭu)

References
  • “balāṭu”, 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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