JA-KU

personal name, Amorite type (yaqtul of QWJ)

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Reading
Yaqū
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ḳVw- ‘remain’ 1, ‘wait’ 2
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • AmoriteJA-QWUJ-U, written ia-ku-ú (Gelb 1980, no. 3314); JA-QWUJ-UM, ia-ku-ú-um and ia-ku-um (nos. 3315, 3317); JA-QWUJ-JA, ia-ku-ia (nos. 3300–3301)
  • Hebrewקָוָהqāwāhqāwāh (קָוָה) ‘wait for, hope’ (Ps 27:14; HALOT 1082)

Attestations1 cited

  1. MA 2b3DJA-KU 2

Commentary

MA 2b: ]-RE-TI 4, ]TI 1, JA-KU 2, TI[, a roster of small whole numbers on a three-sided bar (DU-RA 5 on face a). JA-KU matches Amorite ia-ku-ú (Gelb 1980, no. 3314) sign for sign: final *-y is lost in both, and /qu/ is written KU. Same root as KO-JA. JA-KU-TI (KN 1a) carries the same base. Rival: JA-KWUN-U, ia-ku-nu (Gelb 1980, no. 3309), with final n unwritten. Two signs, one attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

MA 2a–cMalia…ja-ku…
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