A-RE-SA-NA
'The Requested One'—votive birth-name from √ʾ-r-š "to request, desire" + hypocoristic -ān; the child asked of the goddess, the name a receipt
- Reading
- ʾAriš-ān
- Confidence
- Candidate
- Root
- *ʾVrVš- ‘ask’ 1, ‘desire, wish’ 2
- Kind
- Personal name
- Language
- Semitic
- Rank
- Amorite-linked appendix
Compared forms
- AmoriteʾARIŚ-AN, ḪA-RI-ŠA-AN (Gelb AS 21 §6 Index of Names no. 2190), A-ru-si-AN (Huffmon APNM p. 22)
- Ugariticʾršʾrš ‘to request, wish, demand, claim’ (CUC); irš ‘demand’ (DULAT)
- Akkadianerēšuerēšu ‘to request’—the Erišti-DN class (‘Requested-of-DN’, e.g. Erišti-Aya) among the commonest OB female names
- Safaiticʾrš ×12 + ʾršt ×11 + ʾršn—the exact shape ʾAriš-ān (Harding 1971 p. 37)
- Hebrewʾărešetʾărešet ‘request’ (Ps 21:3, hapax); naming-motif parallel Šāʾûl ‘Asked-For’ and Hannah’s Samuel etymology (1 Sam 1:20)
Attestations1 cited
Commentary
THE Zb 2, an Akrotiri clay vessel, the sole word: the owner’s or dedicant’s slot. ʾAriš-ān ‘The Requested One’, a votive birth-name from √ʾ-r-š ‘to request, desire’ with the hypocoristic -ān: the Amorite name ʾARIŚ-AN, ḪA-RI-ŠA-AN (Gelb 1980, no. 2190), -NA writing its closing n; Ug. /ʾ-r-š/ ‘to request, wish, demand’ (DULAT 104), Heb. ʾărešet ‘desire’ (Ps 21:3; HALOT 92), pre-Islamic Arabian ʾršn (Harding 1971, 37). RE writes ri, as KI-RE-TA₂ beside KI-RI-TA₂. One attestation.