šumēlum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *śimaʔl- (“left hand/side”). Cognate with Arabic شِمَال (šimāl) and Biblical Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (śəmoʔl). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃuˈmeː.lum/ === Noun === šumēlum m (from Old Babylonian on) the left Antonyms: 𒍠 (imnum), 𒍠 (imittum) left side left hand (military) left wing (of an army) neighbour to the left ==== Alternative forms ==== šumēlu (non-mimated) šumīlum, šumīlu ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “šumēlu”, 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), “šumēlu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library