RA-*314-RA

personal name, 'Ewe' (√r-ḥ-l), as Hebrew Rāḥēl; rival Egyptian Ḥr-Rꜥ 'Horus-Ra'

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Reading
Raḥil
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*raḫil- ‘ewe’
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Hebrewrāḥēlrāḥēl ‘ewe’; Rāḥēl, PN, Gen 29:6 (HALOT 1216)
  • Akkadianlaḫrulaḫru ‘ewe, full-grown female sheep’, with metathesis (CAD L 42)
  • Arabicriḫl, raḫil ‘ewe-lamb’ (Lane 1059)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT Wc 3006WA-O-MI RA-*314-RA

Commentary

HT Wc 3006, a roundel: WA-O-MI / RA-*314-RA, no logogram. raḥil ‘ewe’, Heb. rāḥēl ‘ewe’ (HALOT 1216) and the name Rachel (Gen 29:6); *314 writes the ḥ, RA the final l as in KU-RO kull. Rivals: the commodity ‘ewe’; Egyptian ḥr-rꜥ ‘Horus-Ra’ (Ranke I, 249.15; PNM v6, personal_names_id 142609473), Horus first. One attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon