𐩶𐩬𐩣

𐩶𐩬𐩣

Sabaean

Etymology

Cognate to Arabic غُنْم‎ (ḡunm).

Noun

𐩶𐩬𐩣 (ġnm)

1. booty, spoiled riches
   • second half of 1^st century B.C.E., Ir 20‎:

     ‏𐩥𐩱𐩩𐩥𐩥 𐩽 𐩨𐩱𐩢𐩡𐩡𐩣 𐩽 𐩥𐩪𐩨𐩺𐩣 𐩽 𐩥𐩶𐩬𐩣𐩣 […] 𐩽 𐩨𐩬 𐩽 𐩱𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩬‎

     wʾtww bʾḥllm ws¹bym wġnmm […] bn ʾḥbs²n

     /*wa ʾatawū ba-ʾaḥlālim wa-šabyim wa-ġunmim ban ʾaḥbūśāni/

     And they came with spoils and captives and booty [taken] from the Abyssinians […]

   Synonyms: 𐩣𐩠𐩧𐩫‎ (mhrk), 𐩣𐩡𐩩‎ (mlt), 𐩶𐩬𐩣𐩩‎ (ġnmt)