RE-ZA

cedar (wood, resin or oil; commodity); rival Luwian aruza, a measure

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Reading
(ʾa)raz
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ʾVrz- ‘cedar’
Kind
Commodity
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Ugariticarzarz ‘a conifer; cedar’ (DULAT 109)
  • Eblaiteʔarzatumar-za-tum /ʔarzatum/ ‘cedar’ (VE 471)
  • Hebrewʾerezʾerez ‘cedar’ beside bərôš ‘juniper’ (1 Kgs 5:22)
  • Hieroglyphic Luwianaruza, a measure equated with Urartian liš, rival

Attestations3 cited

  1. HT 13RE-ZA 5 ¹⁄₂cedar, 5½; rival Luwian aruza, a measure
  2. HT 883DRE-ZA 6cedar (commodity); rival Luwian aruza, a measure
  3. KH 86]RE-ZA CYP

Commentary

KH 86 ]RE-ZA CYP, before the aromatic cyperus, broken before, with no numeral of its own; HT 88 RE-ZA 6 before NI KI-KI-NA 7; HT 13 RE-ZA 5½, first entry of the VIN · TE list. ʾarz ‘cedar’, the aromatic wood, resin and oil, beside cyperus at Khania as cedar beside juniper in Hebrew (1 Kgs 5:22); RE writes the ra of *ʾaraz-, as Ugarit ar-zi-ma |ʔarzīma| < *|ʔarazīma| (GlOS 1, 43), ZA the z. Weak points: initial ʾa- unwritten; KH 20 ]DU-RE-ZA · CYP+E ½ fills the same slot before cyperus, so KH 86 ]RE-ZA can end DU-RE-ZA. Rival: Hieroglyphic Luwian aruza, a measure, attested later.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 88Haghia Triada…re-za
Linear A Lexicon