šumēlum
Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ŝamʔāl- (“left hand/side”). Cognate with Arabic شِمَال (šimāl) and Biblical Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (śəmoʔl).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ʃuˈmeː.lum/
Noun
šumēlum m (from Old Babylonian on)
- the left
- left side
- left hand
- (military) left wing (of an army)
- Antonym: imnum (“right”)
Alternative forms
- šumēlu (non-mimated)
- šumīlum, šumīlu
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Derived terms
- šumēlam (“on the left”)
- šumēlûm (“left-hand”)
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