ḫakû
4GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ḫikētika mali ta-aḫ-ku-ú ul akla mīmma ul aprik ARM 35, 88: 26 “your request, I have not refused anything you have asked for. I have not put any obstacles in the way!” new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ḫi-ke-⸢e⸣-[ma] ša it[tīkun]u ibaššê qibênimma luw[ašš]er ARM 26/2, 260 no. 404: 39 “make your claims and tell me what belongs to you, so that I may release it”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) awīlū šunu nakar bēlija [bē]lī li-iḫ-ki-šu-nu-ti ARM 28, 95 r. 60 “these men are enemies of my lord, he should inquire them”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) u 2 mukilka mala ta-ḫa-ku-ú 2 [awī]lī uwaššarakku[m] Shemshara 1, 46: 19 ARCHIBAB “and I will release 2 men to you, 2 of your protégés, as you have requested”. new
Discussion
Cf. Durand 2024, 180 who remarks that the verb does not mean “to wait”, as previously proposed by scholars, but rather “to express an expectation”, “to make a demand”. Durand further compares the root with Hebrew ḫākā/ with pi’el ḫikkāh (“to hope for, await eagerly”).