ṣeḫērum

From Proto-Semitic *ṣaɣir-. Cognate with Arabic صَغُرَ‎ (ṣaḡura, “to be(come) small, young”) and Biblical Hebrew צָעַר‎ (ṣɔʿar, “to be small, insignificant”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /sˤeˈχeː.rum/

ṣeḫērum (class i)

1. (size or quantity) to be small, little, few
2. (age) to be young, little
3. (law) to be underage, a minor

ṣeḫērum m

1. childhood

   𒄿𒈾 𒍢𒄭𒊑𒅀 ― i-na ṣe-ḫe-ri-ia /ina ṣeḫērīya/ ― when I was young (literally, “in my childhood”)

• ṣeḫēru (non-mimated)
• ṣaḫārum, ṣaḫāru (Old Akkadian, Assyrian)