Title · Semitic

I-JA-PA-ME

brother-in-law (kin title); I-JA-PA-ME · TA-TA 'the brother-in-law of Tatta'; rival ybmt 'sister-in-law', Anat's epithet

Reading
yabame
Type
Title Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Khania
Attestations
1
Lexicon
I-JA-PA-ME

Commentary

Reading from the lexicon (di Mino). Tell Rimah ia-ba-mi-ša ‘her brother-in-law’, Ugaritic ybm (GlOS 2, 341; DULAT 937).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry I-JA-PA-ME.

  • Hebrewיָבָםyābāmיָבָם (yābām) ‘brother-in-law’; יְבָמָה (yᵊbāmāh) ‘levirate widow’
  • Ugaritic𐎊𐎁𐎎ybmybm ‘brother-in-law’ (DULAT 937); ybmt ‘widowed sister-in-law’, Anat’s epithet ybmt limm, the rival
  • Tell Rimahia-ba-mi-šaia-ba-mi-ša ‘her brother-in-law’ (GlOS 2, 341)
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