God or goddess · Semitic

I-MI-SA-RA

Il-Mīšar, god of justice—theophoric compound: ʾil 'god' + Mīšaru (justice god, maqtal pattern of √y-š-r). Personnel category on sanctuary allocation tablet.

Reading
Il-Mīšar
Type
God or goddess Probable
Language
Semitic Probable
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
I-MI-SA-RA

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry I-MI-SA-RA.

  • AkkadianMīšaru (d-Mīšaru)—god of justice, son of Adad and Šala, spouse of Išartu (An = Anum III). maqtal nominal of ešēru "to be straight/just" (CAD E 352). Attested: OB theophoric names, Mari, Seleucid Uruk god-lists.
  • Ugariticmšr—"justice, equity" (DULAT 586); KTU 1.16 vi: mšr as divine attribute
  • Hebrewמֵישָׁרִיםmêšārîmmêšārîm (מֵישָׁרִים) "equity, uprightness" (Ps 9:9, 58:2, 75:3); same maqtal pattern as Akkadian Mīšaru
  • PhoenicianMisor (Μισωρ)—Philo of Byblos via Eusebius PE 1.10.13: father of Taautus/Thoth; paired with Sydyk (√ṣ-d-q)
Linear A Lexicon