awīlum
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
Compare Biblical Hebrew אֱוִיל (ʔɛ̆wil, “fool”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /aˈwiː.lum/
Noun edit
awīlum m (plural awīlû) (from Old Akkadian on)
- man
- human being
- person, one
- free citizen
- 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code[1], The Louvre, Law 14:
- 𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒌉 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒍢𒄴𒊏𒄠 𒅖𒋫𒊑𒅅 𒀉𒁕𒀝
- [šumma awīlum mār awīlim ṣeḫram ištariq iddâk]
- šum-ma a-wi-lum DUMU a-wi-lim ṣe-eḫ-ra-am iš-ta-ri-iq id-da-ak
- If a free man has kidnapped the young son of a free man, he will be executed.
Alternative forms edit
- awīlu (non-mimated)
- abīlum (Old Akkadian)
- amīlu, amēlu (Middle Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Late Babylonian)
- a'īlu (Middle Assyrian)
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