JA-RA

Moon (personal name, after the moon god); rival yarē 'he instructs'

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Reading
Yaraḫ
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*warḫ- ‘moon’
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Ugariticyariḫuyrḫ /yariḫu/ ‘moon, month’, byrḫ ‘in the month’ (Huehnergard 2012, 42, 87)
  • AmoriteJaraḫ, divine name (Gelb 1980, glossary); JARAḪ-T-UM, IA-RA-AḪ-TUM (no. 3419)
  • Hebrewיָרֵחַyārēaḥyārēaḥ (יָרֵחַ) ‘moon’, wə-yārēaḥ ʿāmād ‘and the moon stayed’ (Josh 10:13); yeraḥ (יֶרַח) ‘month’, bə-yeraḥ zīw ‘in the month Ziv’ (1 Kgs 6:37)

Attestations1 cited

  1. KN Wc 30JA-RA

Commentary

KN Wc 30, an MM IIIB roundel, JA-RA its only word. Yaraḫ with ḫ unwritten: the moon god’s name, borne by men as Amorite JARAḪ-T-UM (Gelb 1980, no. 3419). Rival: yarē ‘he instructs’, √y-r-h. One witness.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon