inbum

Akkadian

Root
'-n-b
1 term

Etymology

Compare Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab, “grape”) and Biblical Hebrew עֵנָב (ʕenɔ́ḇ, “grape”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈin.bum/

Noun

inbum m (construct state inib, plural inbū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. fruit, flower
2. fruit tree
3. offspring, child
4. sexual attractiveness and power, sex appeal

Alternative forms

• inbu (non-mimated)
• enbu, imbu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄧 (GURUN)	𒅔𒁍𒌝 (in-bu-um) 𒅔𒁍 (in-bu) 𒅔𒁉 (in-bi)

References

• “inbu”, 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) “inbu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library