birqum

From Proto-Semitic *baraḳ- (“lightning”). Cognate with Arabic بَرْق (barq) or Biblical Hebrew בָּרָק (bɔrɔ́q).

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

birqum m (plural birqū) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. lightning
2. lightning bolt, thunderbolt (representation of a lightning)

   𒀭𒅎 𒁁𒂖 𒄵𒆠 ― ^dIM be-el bir-qi₂ /Adad, bēl birqi/ ― Adad, lord of the lightning bolt

• birqu (non-mimated)
• berqu

• “birqu”, 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) “berqu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library