# DI-RE-DI-NA (ʾaddīr-dīnā)

> mighty is the verdict (compound sentence name); rival a simplex recipient name

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: ʾaddīr-dīnā
- Type: Personal name; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [DI-RE-DI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-RE-DI-NA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Sentence name: DI-RE *ʾaddīr (√ʾ-d-r, as in DI-DE-RU) + DI-NA *dīnā (√d-y-n, as in DI-NA-U, DI-NA-RO). Cf. Adriel (1 Sam 18:19), Abidan (Num 1:11), Daniel; Ugaritic ʾadr + dn (Danel, KTU 1.17); Punic ʾDR-BʿL (Benz 1972).

## Attestations

- [HT 98a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT98a/index.md>)

## References

- KTU: Dietrich, Manfried; Loretz, Oswald; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2013), Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani und anderen Orten / The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places (KTU³). Ugarit-Verlag, Münster (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 360/1); ISBN 978-3-86835-014-2
- Benz, Frank L. (1972), Personal Names in the Phoenician and Punic Inscriptions. Studia Pohl 8,Biblical Institute Press

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