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<p> <strong> [[Akkad]] [[(Accad),]] [[Akkadians]] </strong> . <em> Akkad(u) </em> Is the Semitic equivalent of the Sumerian <em> AgadÃª </em> , the capital of the founder of the first Semitic empire. It was probably in consequence of this that it gave its name to Northern Babylonia, the Semitic language of which came to be known as <em> Akkadu </em> or ‘Akkadian.’ In the early days of cuneiform decipherment ‘Akkadian’ was the name usually applied to the non-Semitic language of primitive Babylonia, but some cuneiform texts published by Bezold in 1889 ( <em> [[Za]] </em> p. 434) showed that this was called by the [[Babylonians]] themselves ‘the language of Sumer’ or Southern Babylonia, while a text recently published by Messerschmidt ( <em> Orient </em> . <em> Ltztg </em> . 1905, p. 268) states that <em> Akkadu </em> was the name of the Semitic ‘translation.’ When [[Babylonia]] became a united monarchy, its rulers took the title of ‘kings of [[Sumer]] and Akkad’ in Semitic, ‘Kengi and Uri’ in Sumerian, where <em> [[Uri]] </em> seems to have signified ‘the upper region.’ In &nbsp; [[Genesis]] 10:10 [[Accad]] is the city, not the country to which it gave its name. </p> <p> [[A.]] [[H.]] Sayce. </p>

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<ref name="term_48998"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/akkad+(accad),+akkadians Akkadians Akkad (Accad) from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
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