QA-RA₂-WA

parched (roasted) grain; rival Ugaritic qrwn 'offering'

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Reading: qalwa
Confidence: Speculative
Root: *ḳVlVw- ‘roast’
Kind: Commodity
Language: Semitic
Rank: —

Compared forms

Hebrewqālîqālî ‘roasted grain’, eaten before the first-fruits offering, Lev 23:14 (HALOT 1102)
Akkadianqalītuqalītu ‘parched grain’ (CAD Q 59); qalû ‘roasted’ (CAD Q 68)
Arabicqalāqalā ‘he fried wheat, roasted it in a pan’ (Lane 2993)

Attestations1 cited

HT 86a 3DQA-RA₂-WA 10parched grain

Commentary

HT 86a, intact: QA-RA₂-WA 10, where HT 95a/b write QE-RA₂-U (qelwu ‘parched grain’) in the same set (KU-NI-SU, SA-RU, DI-DE-RU, DA-ME, MI-NU-TE). With RA₂ = /la/, √q-l-w ‘roast’: Geʿez qalawa, Heb. qālî (Lev 23:14; Ruth 2:14), Aram. qəlā. Rival: Ugaritic qrwn ‘offering’ (DULAT 703; KTU 1.127:10–11), with RA₂ = /ra/ and final n unwritten. Cf. LB qa-ra₂-wo, a personal name (KN Ce 50; DMic II). One attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 86aHaghia Triada…qa-ra₂-wa