Gentilic · Semitic

DA-SI-*118

those of Acacia (gentilic, a roster unit); rival the unglossed Dasiṭa

Reading
Ḏā-šiṭṭa
Type
Gentilic Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
4
Lexicon
DA-SI-*118

Commentary

Ḏā-šiṭṭa ‘those of Acacia’, a unit of 24 men on HT 85a: Heb. šiṭṭâ ‘acacia’, place names Beth-Shittah, Abel-Shittim (HALOT 1473).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry DA-SI-*118.

  • Egyptianšnd.tšnd.t ‘acacia’, the source of the Semitic loan
  • Hebrewšiṭṭâ, pl. šiṭṭîm ‘acacia’ (HALOT 1473); place names Beth-Shittah (Judg 7:22), Abel-Shittim (Num 33:49)
  • Akkadianšamṭu, šanṭu (HALOT 1473)
Linear A Lexicon