īnum

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See also: inum

Akkadian

Root
'-y-n
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕayn- (“eye”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕayVn-. Cognate with Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn) and Biblical Hebrew עַיִן (ʕáyin).

Pronunciation

Noun

īnum f (dual īnān, plural īnū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. eye
    𒅆 𒇷𒈬𒌓𒌈 [īnum lemuttum] ― IGI le-mu-ut-tum ― evil eye
    • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Law 196:
      𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒄿𒅔 𒌉 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒌔𒋰𒁉𒀉 𒄿𒅔𒋗 𒌑𒄩𒀊𒉺𒁺
      [šumma awīlum īn mār awīlim uḫtappid, īššu uḫappadū]
      šum-ma a-wi-lum i-in DUMU a-wi-lim uḫ-tap-pi-id i-in-šu u₂-ḫa-ap-pa-du
      If a free man has blinded the eye of a member of the awīlum class, his eye will be blinded.
  2. spring, well

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