Gentilic · Semitic

A-SI-DA-TO-I

the Ashdodite, a man of Ashdod (gentilic)

Reading
ʾAšdōdī
Type
Gentilic Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Arkhanes
Attestations
1

Commentary

ARKH 2 (GORILA III 7): the Ashdodite, 12, in a must list headed SI-DA-TE. Ugaritic aḏddy ‘Ashdodite’ (KTU 4.635 passim), syllabic ᵘʳᵘAš₂-da-di (RS 19.20:3), Hebrew hā-ʾAšdôdî (Josh 13:3); Tel Ashdod, or Enkomi after Naʾaman 1997 (RGTC 12/2, 3).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry A-SI-DA-TO-I.

  • Ugariticaḏddaḏdd ‘Ashdod’ (KTU 4.709:1–2); aḏddy ‘Ashdodite’ (KTU 4.96:3; 4.352:9; 4.635 passim), aḏddym (KTU 4.721:3) (RGTC 12/2, 3)
  • Akkadian (Ugarit)ᵘʳᵘAš₂-da-di (RS 19.20 [PRU 6 156]:3)
  • Hebrewהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִיhā-ʾAšdôdîhā-ʾAšdôdî (הָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי) ‘the Ashdodite’ (Josh 13:3); ʾAšdôd (HAL 90)
Linear A Lexicon