KO-JA

personal name, Amorite type (quwy- 'wait for, hope'); rival 'be strong'

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Reading
Qōya
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ḳVw- ‘remain’ 1, ‘wait’ 2
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
Amorite-linked appendix

Compared forms

  • AmoriteGelb AS 21 root QWJ (unglossed): Quwyum KU-IA-UM (no. 4109), KU-WU-UM (no. 4188); -at- form Kuyatum KU-IA-TUM (no. 4108); theophorics Quwi-Dagan KU-U₂-D-DA-GAN (no. 4145), Quwi-Haddu KU-U₂-D-IM (no. 4146, Mari), Quwi-Yaraḫ KU-WE-RA-AH (no. 4187), KU-UM-D-U (no. 4162, Ugarit MRS XVI 9:7)
  • Hebrewקָוָהqāwāhקָוָה qāwāh ‘wait for, hope’ (HALOT 1082); קַוֵּה אֶל־יְהוָה ‘wait for YHWH’ (Ps 27:14)
  • Akkadianquʾʾûquʾʾû ‘to wait’ (CAD Q 328)
  • Arabicقويqawiyaقوي qawiya ‘be strong’ (Lane 2997)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 1193DKO-JA 10personal name, Amorite type (element quwy- 'hope' or 'be strong')

Commentary

HT 119 KO-JA 10, after RI-MI-SI 13, in a personnel list (Scribe 9). Qōya, a hypocoristic on qōy-, quy- with -a, the Amorite -ya type, from qwy ‘wait for, hope’: Amorite Quwi-Haddu, imperative and divine name (Gelb 1980, no. 4146); Heb. qāwāh ‘wait for, hope’ (HALOT 1082), as qawwēh ʾel-YHWH ‘wait for YHWH’ (Ps 27:14); Akk. quʾʾû ‘to wait’ (CAD Q 328). Cuneiform has no o, so Gelb’s KU- spellings fit qō as well as qu; KO writes qō from *qaw- with aw > ō, or qu, as RO writes ru in SA-RO beside SA-RU šarru. Rival: ‘be strong’, Arab. qawiya (Lane 2997). Weak point: two signs, one witness. See JA-KU and JA-KU-TI.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 119Haghia Triada…ko-ja
Linear A Lexicon