mayyālum

From 𒈿 (niālum).

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

mayyālum m (plural mayyālū) (Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian, Mari, Boghazkeui, Nuzi)

1. bed, sleeping place, resting place

   Synonym: 𒄑𒈿 (eršum)

2. (euphemistic) grave

• mayyālu (non-mimated)
• ma''ālu

• bīt mayyālim

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