Personal name · Semitic

DA-NE-KU-TI

He of the speckled (flock) (personal name); rival 'He of the head shepherd'

Reading: Ḏā-naquddi
Type: Personal name Speculative
Language: Semitic Speculative
Sites: Haghia Triada
Attestations: 1
Lexicon: DA-NE-KU-TI

Commentary

HT 117a .8–9, after DA-MI-NU 1 in the SA-TA list (GORILA I 197). ḏā ‘the one of’ + naquddi ‘speckled’ (Heb. nəquddîm, Gen 30:39): ‘He of the speckled (flock)’; Ugaritic ksp d nqdm (KTU 4.369:8). Rival: nāqidi ‘head shepherd’ (DULAT 630).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry DA-NE-KU-TI.

Ugariticksp d nqdm ‘silver of the head shepherds’ (KTU 4.369:8); nqd ‘head shepherd’ (DULAT 630); syll. mu-qa-dī ‘grazing rights’ (PRU 6 116; UVST NQD¹)
Hebrewנֹקֵדnōqēdnōqēd נֹקֵד ‘sheep-breeder’, of Mesha (2 Kgs 3:4); nāqōd נָקֹד ‘speckled’ (Gen 30:32)