šumma

From Proto-Semitic *šim (“if”). Cognate with Arabic إِن (ʔin) and Biblical Hebrew אִם (ʾim).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃum.ma/

šumma

1. if, whether
   • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code‎^[1], The Louvre, Law 195:

     𒋳𒈠 𒌉 𒀀𒁀𒋗 𒅎𒋫𒄩𒊍 𒈩𒇲𒋗 𒄿𒈾𒀝𒆠𒋢

     [šumma mārum abāšu imtaḫaṣ rittašu inakkisū]

     šum-ma DUMU A.BA-šu im-ta-ḫa-aṣ KIŠIB.LA₂-šu i-na-ak-ki-su

     If a son has struck his father, his hand will be cut off.

• šummu (Neo-Assyrian)

• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šumma”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library