īnum

See also: inum

Akkadian

Root
'-y-n
1 term

Picture dictionary

īnum

𒄢𒄢𒈝 (gulgullum)

𒌋𒅗 (muḫḫum)

𒅆 (īnum)

𒅗 (appum)

𒅗 (pûm)

𒋢𒊌𒌈 (suqtum)

isum

𒉿 (uznum)

𒊕𒆠 (nakkaptum)

𒍣 (napištum)

𒄘 (kišādum)

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pagrum

𒇿 (pagrum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕayn- (“eye”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕayVn-. Cognate with Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn) and Biblical Hebrew עַיִן (ʕáyin).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.num/

Noun

īnum f (dual īnān, plural īnū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. eye

   𒅆 𒇷𒈬𒌓𒌈 [īnum lemuttum] ― IGI le-mu-ut-tum ― evil eye

   • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code‎^[1], The Louvre, Law 196:

     𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒄿𒅔 𒌉 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒌔𒋰𒁉𒀉 𒄿𒅔𒋗 𒌑𒄩𒀊𒉺𒁺

     [šumma awīlum īn mār awīlim uḫtappid, īššu uḫappadū]

     šum-ma a-wi-lum i-in DUMU a-wi-lim uḫ-tap-pi-id i-in-šu u₂-ḫa-ap-pa-du

     If a free man has blinded the eye of a member of the awīlum class, his eye will be blinded.

2. spring, well

Alternative forms

• īnu (non-mimated)
• ēnum, ēnu (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅆 (IGI) 𒅆𒈫 (IGI.2) (dual) 𒅆𒎌 (IGI.MEŠ) (plural) 𒅆𒈫𒎌 (IGI.2.MEŠ) (dual) 𒅆𒄭𒀀 (IGI.ḪI.A) (plural)	𒄿𒉡𒌝 (i-nu-um) 𒄿𒉡 (i-nu) 𒂊𒉡 (e-nu) 𒄿𒈾𒀭 (i-na-an) (dual) 𒄿𒅔 (i-in) (construct state) 𒂊𒂗 (e-en) (construct state)

Related terms

• īn lemuttim