# JA-RA (Yaraḫ)

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

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

- Reading: Yaraḫ
- Confidence: Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Root: [\*warḫ-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/2511/index.md>) 'moon'
- Kind: Personal name
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: JA (ja) · RA (ra)

## Compared forms

- Ugaritic: *yariḫu* — yrḫ /yariḫu/ 'moon, month', byrḫ 'in the month' (Huehnergard 2012, 42, 87)
- Amorite: Jaraḫ, divine name (Gelb 1980, glossary); JARAḪ-T-UM, IA-RA-AḪ-TUM (no. 3419)
- Hebrew: יָרֵחַ *yārēaḥ* — yārēaḥ (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)

## Attestations

- [KN Wc 30](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KNWc30/index.md>): JA-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.

## In the onomasticon

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

## References

- Reading: di Mino; Gelb 1980; Huehnergard 2012
- Huehnergard, John (2012), An Introduction to Ugaritic. Hendrickson
- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

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