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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šamʔāl- (“left hand/side”). Cognate with Arabic شِمَال (šimāl) and Biblical Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (śəmoʔl).
Pronunciation
Noun
šumēlum m (from Old Babylonian on)
- the left
- left side
- left hand
- (military) left wing (of an army)
- Antonym: imnum (“right”)
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒆏 (GUB₃)
- 𒀉𒆏𒁍 (A₂.GUB₃.BU)
- 𒆏𒁀 (GUB₃.BA)
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- 𒋗𒈨𒈝 (šu-me-lum)
- 𒋗𒈨𒇻 (šu-me-lu)
- 𒋗𒈪𒇻 (šu-mi-lu)
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Derived terms
References
- “šumēlu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šumēlu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag