Personal name · Semitic

*333-SA-MU

Balsam, perfume—aromatic personal name (cf. Basemath) on a metal ornament

Reading
biśāmu
Type
Personal name Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Mokhlos
Attestations
1
Lexicon
*333-SA-MU

Commentary

Heb. bōśem (HALOT 163); Ar. bašām (Lane 209); *333 = bi a working value.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry *333-SA-MU.

  • Hebrewbōśembōśem ‘perfume, spice’ (HALOT 163); Bāśĕmat (Gen 26:34)
  • Arabicbašāmbašām ‘balsam tree’ (Lane 209)
Linear A Lexicon