← NamesLexicon entry →Personal name · SemiticJA-KUpersonal name, Amorite type (yaqtul of QWJ)ReadingYaqūTypePersonal name SpeculativeLanguageSemitic SpeculativeSitesMaliaAttestations1LexiconJA-KUCommentaryAmorite ia-ku-ú (Gelb AS 21 no. 3314).Compared formsFrom the lexicon entry JA-KU.AmoriteJA-QWUJ-U, written ia-ku-ú (Gelb 1980, no. 3314); JA-QWUJ-UM, ia-ku-ú-um and ia-ku-um (nos. 3315, 3317); JA-QWUJ-JA, ia-ku-ia (nos. 3300–3301)Hebrewקָוָהqāwāhqāwāh (קָוָה) ‘wait for, hope’ (Ps 27:14; HALOT 1082)