NA-TU-*301-NE
the dedicated one (qatūl passive participle of √n-t-n + -ān); rival nātānān 'the giver'
- Reading
- natūnān
- Confidence
- Probable
- Root
- *ytn ~ *ntn ‘give’
- Kind
- Personnel
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Compared forms
- Hebrewנָתִיןnātīnnātīn (נָתִין) "temple servant, dedicated one"—singular of Nĕtīnīm (נְתִינִים), Ezra 2:43, 8:20; 1 Chr 9:2. Passive participle of √n-t-n. The Levites themselves called nĕtūnīm nĕtūnīm "given, utterly given" (Num 3:9)
- Ugariticytn / ntn "to give"—one of the most common Ugaritic roots
- Amoritethe passive natūn ‘given’ in names: NATUN-UM Natūnum, ʾIL-I+NATUN Ilī-natūn (Gelb 1980, nos. 5014, 2756)
- Akkadiannadānunadānu "to give"; nādinu "giver" (active participle)
- PhoenicianMattan (מתן) "gift"—common PN element (Mattan-Baal); institutional parallels in Phoenician temple servant classes
- AthenaA-TA-NA = ʾatanā ‘She-who-gives’ (lexicon PROBABLE)—NWS feminine of √y-t-n (> ʾ- via I-y weakening). NA-TU-NA-NE with initial n- preserves √n-t-n; the coexistence of both allomorphs points to a pre-split isogloss stage
Attestations1 cited
Commentary
SKO Zc 1, an inked inscription from the Skoteino cave, broken on both sides: NA-TU-*301-NE, with *301 = na (288 occurrences at 16 sites), so na-tū-nā-n(e), the final E dead. natūnān ‘the dedicated one’, the qatūl passive participle of √n-t-n ‘to give’ with -ān, TU for the ū. Compare Heb. nĕtūnīm ‘given ones’, the Levites given to sanctuary service (Num 3:9), and the post-exilic Nĕtīnīm, temple servants (Ezra 2:43; 8:20; 1 Chr 9:2), an institution traced to the Gibeonites (Josh 9:27). Ug. ntn, ttn /tatinū/ ‘to give’, BH nātan (Huehnergard 2012, 52; App. C, 6–7). Rival: nātānān ‘the giver’, the qātāl active participle with -ān, a title of the Goddess at a cave sanctuary, beside A-TA-NA-TE ʾAtanat ‘She-who-gives’ (√y-t-n). One attestation. See MA-TI-TI.