ḫadqu
Alternative Reading: ḫatqu (?)
Meanings:
surroundings (?)
de:German: Deutsch Umgebung (?)
fr:French: Français environs (?)
ar:Arabic: العربية محيط (?)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: masc.Masculinepattern: PaRSverbal adjective of roots i--gem.
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Amor.Amorite The word also appears in the Amorite PN Mut-ḫa-ad-qí-im "Man of the ḫ.", see Gelb 1980, 252 (s.v. ḥtk ). Therefore, a loan from Amorite is probable. Von Soden in AHw. 1558 “Bez. einer Steppe?”, connected the word to Hebr. ḥedeq “thornbush”, which is unconvincing. Durand 1998, 258f. and 2004, 132 suggests ʿatqu, corresponding to Akk. mētequ “road, path”, which seems difficult for the noun pattern QaTL (Streck 2000, 90). Compare Arabic ḥadaqa “umgeben, umzingeln, einkreisen” (Wehr 1985, 238), thus “surroundings, neighborhood”?
3Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [i]⸢na ḫa-ad-qí-im⸣ i ⸢ni⸣nnami[r] atl⸢ak i⸣na ḫa-ad-qí-im-ma ninnamme[r] ṣābum rapšum mê ajjānūm ⸢iša⸣ttī OBTR, 1: 28f. ARCHIBAB “(you wrote to me:) 'let's meet in the surroundings(?)!' Do that (lit.: set off), (but if) we meet in the surroundings(?), where shall a large army drink water?” new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma ina GN wašib ḫa-ad-qam-ma lu[llik] ARM 26/2, 387: 12 ARCHIBAB “if he resides in GN, I shall go to/past the surroundings(?) .” new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina ḫa-⸢ad-qí-im-ma⸣ ARM 34, 158: 9 ARCHIBAB. in broken context. new