šūrum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”). Cognate with Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr) and Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹר (šor). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃuː.rum/ === Noun === šūrum m (plural šūrū) (Ur III, Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian) bull 𒋗𒌨 𒊭𒈠𒄿 ― šu-ur ša-ma-i /šūr šamā'ī/ ― bull of the heavens ==== Alternative forms ==== šūru (non-mimated) === References === “šūru B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011 Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “šūru”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library