dīnum

Akkadian

Root
d-y-n

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *dVn- (“obligated conduct, moral or ethical decision, judgement, ruling”). Cognate with Arabic دِين‎ (dīn, “religion; law”) and Biblical Hebrew דִּין‎ (dîn, “law”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.num/

Noun

dīnum m (construct state dīn or dīni, plural dīnātum f)

(law) decision, judgment, verdict
(law) case, lawsuit, claim, hearing
𒁲𒁁𒆷 ― DI TIL.LA /dīnum gamrum/ ― settled law case
𒀀𒉿𒇴 𒁲𒈾𒄠 𒋗𒄷𒍪𒌝 ― a-wi-lam di-na-am šu-ḫu-zu-um /awīlam dīnam šūḫuzum/ ― to grant a legal case/hearing to a man
(law) law, article of law

Alternative forms

dīnu (non-mimated)
dēnum, dēnu (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒁲 (DI) 𒁲𒋻 (DI.KUD, DI.KU₅)	𒁲𒉡𒌝 (di-nu-um) 𒁲𒄿𒉡 (di-i-nu) 𒁲𒂊𒉡 (de-e-nu) 𒁲𒉡 (di-nu)

Related terms

bēl dīnim (“adversary in court”)
ša dīnim (“litigant”)

References

“dīnu”, 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 (1976), “dīnu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag