God or goddess · Semitic

A-DU

Addu/Haddu (heading); rival adû 'work stint'

Reading
ʾAddu / adû
Type
God or goddess Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Haghia Triada, Khania
Attestations
8
Lexicon
A-DU

Commentary

Gordon’s Addu/Haddu remains an onomastic candidate, especially in compounds. Standalone administrative headings such as HT88 may instead represent Akkadian adū/addū ‘work assignment, stint’ and do not independently confirm a theonym.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry A-DU.

  • Ugaritic𐎅𐎄hdhd(d) ‘Haddu (Hadad), storm god, byname of Baal’
  • AkkadianAdadAdad (OB Addu) ‘storm god’; adû ‘a (day’s) work, stint’
  • AmoriteHaddu/Addu as a divine name and theophoric element (Huffmon; Howard)
  • HebrewהֲדַדHădadHădad (הֲדַד) ‘Hadad’ in names: Ben-Hadad, Hadadezer ‘Hadad is help’
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