Title · Semitic
A-KO-A-NE
the priest (proposed title after PI-TE-RI)
- Reading
- ha-kōhan
- Type
- Title Candidate
- Language
- Semitic Candidate
- Sites
- Palaikastro
- Attestations
- 1
- Lexicon
- A-KO-A-NE
Commentary
Candidate singular priestly title in apposition to PI-TE-RI. Root √k-h-n is secure; the article, vocalization, and treatment of /h/ remain reconstructed. See lexicon A-KO-A-NE.
Compared forms
From the lexicon entry A-KO-A-NE.
- Ugaritickāhinukhn /kāhinu/ ‘priest’; plural /kāhinūma/
- Hebrewכֹּהֵן kōhēn; הַכֹּהֵן ha-kōhēn ‘the priest’
- Phoenician𐤊𐤄𐤍khnkhn ‘priest’
- Arabicكاهنkāhinكاهن kāhin ‘soothsayer, diviner’