imnum

Akkadian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈim.num/

Noun

imnum m (from Old Babylonian on)

1. the right
   1. right side
   2. right hand

   Antonym: šumēlum (“left”)

   𒅔 𒅎𒉌𒅗 𒉌𒅋𒆷𒀝

   [in imnīka nillak]

   in im-ni-ka ni-il-la-ak

   We shall walk at your right side.

Alternative forms

• imnu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒍠 (ZAG)	𒅎𒉡𒌑 (im-nu-u₂) 𒅎𒉡 (im-nu)

Derived terms

• imnam (“on the right”)
• imnûm (“to the right”)

 

References

• “imnu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], 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