imnum

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Akkadian

Root
y-m-n
3 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right hand/side”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin-. Cognate with Arabic يَمِين (yamīn) and Biblical Hebrew יָמִין (yɔmín).

Pronunciation

Noun

imnum m (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. the right
    Antonym: 𒆏 (šumēlum)
    Synonym: 𒍠 (imittum)
    1. right side
      𒅔 𒅎𒉌𒅗 𒉌𒅋𒆷𒀝
      [in imnīka nillak]
      in im-ni-ka ni-il-la-ak
      We shall walk at your right side.
    2. right hand

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References

  • “imnu”, 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) “imnu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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