imnum

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈim.num/

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

Alternative forms

• imnu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

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

Derived terms

• imittam (“on the right”)
• imittum (“right side; south”)
• imnam (“on the right”)
• imnûm (“to the right”)

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, via the electronic Babylonian Library