QE-SU-PU

sorcerer, diviner (occupational title or PN)

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Reading
qaššāpu
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*kVšVp- ‘bewitch’
Kind
Personnel
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Akkadiankaššāpu/qaššāpukaššāpu/qaššāpu ‘sorcerer, practitioner of witchcraft’ (Maqlû passim); kašāpu ‘to bewitch’ (CAD K 282)
  • Hebrewmǝkaššēpmǝkaššēp ‘sorcerer’ (Exod 22:17, 7:11); mǝkaššēfīm = palace cult specialists (Exod 7:11); qōšēp (Deut 18:10)
  • Ugaritic𐎋𐎌𐎔kšpkšp ‘sorcery’ (KTU 1.96)
  • AmarnaNot attested as Canaanite gloss; but cf. EA 35:26 kaššāpu in Akkadian matrix
  • Hurriankaššaptekaššapte ‘magie’, a transcription of Akkadian kaššaptu (Laroche 1980, 138)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 87QE-SU-PU 1PN or title: 'sorcerer / diviner'

Commentary

HT 87, a register of cult personnel: an occupational title in the name slot with an allocation of 1, among Hurrian names (PI-TA-KE-SI, DI-KI-SE) and NWS ones (JA-RE-MI). √k-š-p / √q-š-p ‘practise sorcery’: Akk. kaššāpu/qaššāpu ‘sorcerer’, a qattāl agent noun; Heb. məkaššēp (Deut 18:10), fem. məkaššēpāh (Exod 22:17). Š is written S and the geminate šš single. QE writes q, its primary value, which sets the word apart from √k-s-p ‘silver’ (kaspu), spelled with KA. Exod 7:11 names the məkaššəpîm beside the ḥăkāmîm and ḥarṭummîm, palace specialists of the kind HT 87 lists. One attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon