*333-SA-MU

Balsam, perfume—aromatic personal name (cf. Basemath) on a metal ornament

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Reading: biśāmu
Confidence: Speculative
Root: *bśm ‘balsam-oil’
Kind: Personal name
Language: Semitic
Rank: —

Compared forms

Hebrewbōśembōśem ‘perfume, spice’ (HALOT 163); Bāśĕmat (Gen 26:34)
Arabicbašāmbašām ‘balsam tree’ (Lane 209)

Attestations1 cited

MO Zf 1*333-SA-MU

Commentary

MO Zf 1, a metal ornament from Mokhlos, the word alone. With *333 = bi, *333-SA-MU writes biśāmu ‘balsam’, before the Canaanite shift of ā (Heb. bōśem ‘balsam tree; perfume’, HALOT 163); a name of the aromatic class, cf. Basemath (Gen 26:34). Weak point: *333 = bi rests on its three words. Rival: a label for the object, or a non-Semitic name. One attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.