ṣillum

From Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣ill- (“shadow”). Cognate with Arabic ظِلّ (ẓill) and Biblical Hebrew צֵל (ṣel).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈsˤil.lum/

ṣillum m (from Old Akkadian on)

1. shadow, shade, shaded place
2. protection, canopy (on a boat), awning, covering

• ṣillu (non-mimated)

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