RU-DI

Roam! (f. imperative)

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Reading
rūdī
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*rVwVd- ‘roam’
Kind
Ritual
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Hebrewרוּדrûdרוּד rûd "to roam about freely" (HALOT 1194); רָדָה rādâ "to rule, have dominion" (HALOT 1190)
  • Arabicrādarāda (rwd) "to go back and forth, roam, search" (HALOT 1194)
  • Akkadianredûredû "to accompany, lead, drive"
  • Ugariticrdy (KTU 1.1; unglossed in CUC)

Attestations2 cited

  1. ZA Zb 34]PU₂-RE-JA KO-MU RU-DI[roam! (f. imperative)
  2. HT 141]RU-DI-[

Commentary

ZA Zb 34 ]PU₂-RE-JA · KO-MU · RU-DI[ (GORILA IV 115) holds the word, more signs perhaps following it. HT 141 .2 ]RU-DỊ-[ (GORILA I 239) breaks after DI, the word possibly whole. rūdī ‘roam!’, the feminine imperative of √r-w-d (PS *rVwVd-), addressed to PU₂-RE-JA ‘my Creatress’, with KO-MU the accusative of place: Heb. rûd ‘roam about freely’ (Jer 2:31), ‘Judah still goes about with God’ (Hos 12:1); Arb. rāda ‘go back and forth’ (HALOT 1194). Rival: ‘Rule!’, √r-d-y, Heb. rādâ (Gen 1:26, Ps 72:8), whose imperative rədēh has no u (HALOT 1190). Two attestations.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon