God or goddess · Semitic

JA-*21F

Yāh, divine name; deity receiving offerings alongside Baal on HT28b

Reading
Yāh(a)
Type
God or goddess Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
2
Lexicon
JA-HA

Commentary

Beside PU-RA₂ (Bōlu) on HT28b.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry JA-HA.

  • Hebrewיָהּ Yāh (Ex 15:2 ʿozzī wə-zimrāt Yāh; Ps 68:5 bə-Yāh šemō; Ex 17:16 kēs Yāh)
  • Ugariticyw, a name of the god Yam: šm bny yw ‘the name of my son is yw’ (KTU 1.1 IV 14; DULAT 980)
  • Egyptiantꜣ šꜣsw yhwꜣ ‘land of the Shasu of YHW’ (Soleb, Amenhotep III c. 1390 BCE; Amarah West, Ramesses II)
Linear A Lexicon