Personal name · Semitic

A-PA-RA-NE

the crosser, the one from beyond (√ʿ-b-r, the ʿApiru word); rival 'creator' (√b-r-ʾ)

Reading
ʿabrāne
Type
Personal name Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
2
Lexicon
A-PA-RA-NE

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry A-PA-RA-NE.

  • Hebrewעָבַרʿābarʿābar (עָבַר) ‘to cross over’ → ʿibrī (עִבְרִי) ‘Hebrew’; bārāʾ (בָּרָא) ‘he created’ (Gen 1:1)
  • Akkadianebēruebēru ‘to cross over’
  • Ugaritic𐎓𐎁𐎗ʿbrʿbr ‘to pass, cross’; brʾ ‘to create’
Linear A Lexicon