dīnum
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Akkadian
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *dVn- (“obligated conduct, moral or ethical decision, judgement, ruling”). Cognate with Arabic دِين (dīn, “religion; law”) and Biblical Hebrew דִּין (din, “law”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.num/
Noun
[edit]dīnum m (construct state dīn or dīni, plural dīnātum f)
- (law) decision, judgment, verdict
- (law) case, lawsuit, claim, hearing
- 𒁲𒁁𒆷 [dīnum gamrum] ― DI TIL.LA ― settled law case
- 𒀀𒉿𒇴 𒁲𒈾𒄠 𒋗𒄷𒍪𒌝
- [awīlam dīnam šūḫuzum]
- a-wi-lam di-na-am šu-ḫu-zu-um
- to grant a legal case/hearing to a man
- (law) law, article of law
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[edit]References
[edit]- “dīnu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “dīnu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag