epēšum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *ḥapaś- (to search, gather). Cognate with Arabic حَفَشَ (ḥafaša, “to gather”) and Biblical Hebrew חָפַשׂ (ḥɔp̄áś, “to search”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈpeː.ʃum/ === Verb === epēšum (G, a-u, durative ippeš, perfect ītepeš, preterite īpuš, imperative epuš) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on) (intransitive) to act, behave, proceed, be(come) active (transitive) to do, make, build, manufacture (transitive) to do, carry out, excercise (a function), used mainly in idiomatic phrases. ==== Usage notes ==== The class u inflection appears in later Babylonian texts. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== epēšu (non-mimated) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “epēšu”, 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), “epēšu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library