# A-PA-RA-NE (ʿabrāne)

> the crosser, the one from beyond (√ʿ-b-r, the ʿApiru word); rival 'creator' (√b-r-ʾ)

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: ʿabrāne
- Confidence: Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Root: [\*ʕVbur- 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 ~ \*ʕa/ibr- 5](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/1543/index.md>) 'cross' 1, 'extend beyond (something)' 2, 'move through, pass over, by, travel (along a road)' 3, 'inundate, invade' 4, '(river) bank' 5, 'go far away' 6
- Kind: Personal name
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: A (a) · PA (pa) · RA (ra) · NE (ne)
- Rank: Amorite-linked appendix

## Compared forms

- Hebrew: עָבַר *ʿābar* — ʿābar (עָבַר) 'to cross over' → ʿibrī (עִבְרִי) 'Hebrew'; bārāʾ (בָּרָא) 'he created' (Gen 1:1)
- Akkadian: *ebēru* — ebēru 'to cross over'
- Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎁𐎗 *ʿbr* — ʿbr 'to pass, cross'; brʾ 'to create'

## Attestations

- [HT 96a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT96a/index.md>): I-TI-TI-KU-NI A-PA-RA-NE A-\*123-TE — heading name, also on HT96b; 'the crosser' (√ʿ-b-r) or 'creator' (√b-r-ʾ); Amorite comparison Ḥa-pí-ra-an, *ʿapir-* (Huffmon, APNM p. 36)
- [HT 96b](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT96b/index.md>): A-PA-RA-NE — heading name, also on HT96a; Amorite comparison Ḥa-pí-ra-an, *ʿapir-* (Huffmon, APNM p. 36)

## Commentary

HT 96a and b (Scribe 8, Casa Room 7, LM IB). HT 96b heads a major allocation: QA-*118-RA-RE qaṭara 'incense', *516 SIPRU, GRA 40¾, OLE+U 4, NI 2. The short form PA-RA-NE stands on HT 115a and b, by the same scribe. ʿabrāne, √ʿ-b-r with agentive -āne, 'the crosser, the one from beyond', as ʿibrī 'Hebrew', PA writing b. Amorite Ḥa-pí-ra-an, of the element ḤPR ḥapir-, *ʿapir-, the ʿApiru/Ḥabiru word (Huffmon 1965, 36, 202), matches A-PA-RA-NE with initial A for ʿa and -ān, cuneiform ḫ writing ʿ; so ḪABIR-AN (Gelb 1980, no. 1997). AP-RA-AN (Gelb 1980, no. 863) is a separate name, ʾApran, since cuneiform AP- writes ʾ and ʿ alike. Borger derives ʿapīru from ʿ-p-r 'dust' (apud Huffmon 1965, 202); PA writes p and b alike. Rival: √b-r-ʾ with -āne, 'creator', the aleph unwritten.

## Same root

- [PA-RA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-RA-NE/index.md>) (barāne)

## In the onomasticon

- [A-PA-RA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/names/A-PA-RA-NE/index.md>): Personal name, Semitic

## References

- Reading: di Mino
- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
- APNM: Huffmon, Herbert B. (1965), Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Texts: A Structural and Lexical Study. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore

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