SI-KI-RA

personal name, 'Hired' (√ś-k-r 'to hire'); rival šēkār 'strong drink'

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Reading
Śikira
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*śVkVr- ‘hire’
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Ugariticš-k-r/š-k-r/ (I) ‘to hire out’ (DULAT 804)
  • Hebrewśākîrśākîr ‘hired labourer’ (HALOT 1327); śākār ‘wages, reward’ (HALOT 1331); šēkār ‘intoxicating drink, beer’ (HALOT 1501), the rival
  • AmoriteSa-ki-rum, Mari (Huffmon 1965, 54), under škr ‘hire, reward, favor’ (Huffmon 1965, 245)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 8aSI-KI-RA ¹⁄₄personal name, 'Hired' (√ś-k-r); recipient of KI-oil ¼; rival šēkār 'strong drink'

Commentary

HT 8a: JE-DI · OLE+KI 10, then PA₃-KA-RA-TI 1½, PA 3½, TE-*301 2, QA-*310-I ¾, SI-KI-RA ¼, KI-RE-TA-NA ½; a recipient of KI-oil beside Tēnā ‘Fig’, the smith and the Cretan. √ś-k-r ‘to hire’ (Ug. /š-k-r/ I, DULAT 804; Heb. śākār ‘wages’, HALOT 1330): at Mari Sa-ki-rum and the woman’s name Sa-ki-ra, under *škr ‘hire, reward, favor’ (Huffmon, APNM 245–46), Sa-ki-rum compared to Hebrew śākîr ‘hired; hireling’ (APNM 145); Gelb, AS 21, no. 5400 ŠAKIR-U (SA-KI-RU). Rival: Hebrew שֵׁכָר šēkār ‘strong drink’ (HALOT 1501; Lev 10:9), √š-k-r ‘to become intoxicated’ (Ug. /š-k-r/ II, DULAT 804). A-SI-KI-RA (KH 20) stands in the entry slot before CYP+E, parallel to ]DU-RE-ZA. One witness.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon