šinnum
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *šinn-. Cognate with Arabic سِنّ (sinn) and Biblical Hebrew שֵׁן (šen).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈʃin.num/
Noun
[edit]šinnum f (construct state šinni, pronominal state šinna, dual šinnān, plural šinnātum)
- tooth
- 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code[1], The Louvre, Law 200:
- 𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒅆𒅔𒉌 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒈨𒄴𒊑𒋗 𒀉𒋫𒁲 𒅆𒅔𒈾𒋗 𒄿𒈾𒀜𒁺𒌑
- [šumma awīlum šinni awīlim meḫrīšu ittadi, šinnašu inaddû]
- šum-ma a-wi-lum ši-in-ni a-wi-lim me-eḫ-ri-šu it-ta-di, ši-in-našu i-na-ad-du-u₂
- If a man has knocked out the tooth of a man of his own rank, his tooth will be knocked out.
- (in the dual) teeth ("two rows of teeth")
- Elephant tusk, ivory
- tooth, tine of a comb, saw, harrow, blade of a plow
Alternative forms
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Related terms
[edit]- 𒅗𒄠𒋛 (ZU₂ AM.SI, šinni pīrim, “ivory”)
References
[edit]- “šinnu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[2], volume 17, Š, part 3, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992