Place · Semitic

I-DA

Ida, 'the Hand' (sacred mountain—toponym/theonym)

Reading
ʾIda
Type
Place Probable
Language
Semitic Probable
Sites
Nerokurou, Palaikastro, Zakros
Attestations
5
Lexicon
I-DA

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry I-DA.

  • Hebrewיָדyadyad (יָד) ‘hand, arm’ (HALOT 386)
  • Ugaritic𐎊𐎄ydyd ‘hand’
  • Akkadianidumidum ‘arm, side; strength’ (Old Assyrian idu)
  • Phoenician𐤉𐤃ydyd ‘hand, arm’
Linear A Lexicon