bīnum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bin- (“son”). Cognate with Arabic اِبْن (ibn) and Biblical Hebrew בֵּן (ben).

Pronunciation

Noun

bīnum m (Old Akkadian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

  1.  son
    Synonym: 𒌉 (mārum)

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒁉𒉏 (bi-num)
  • 𒁉𒅔𒉡 (bi-in-nu)

Derived terms

References
  • “bīnu B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “bīnu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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