Personal name · Semitic
JA-PA
personal name ("he shines"—Amarna Yapaḫu)
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- Yapaʿ(u)
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- Personal name Speculative
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- Semitic Speculative
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- JA-PA
Commentary
Mari bare name IA-A-PA-AH Yaypaʿ (Gelb 1980, no. 2792); Amarna Yapaḫu.
Compared forms
From the lexicon entry JA-PA.
- AmarnaYapaḫu (EA 297-300)—ruler of Gezer; cuneiform -ḫ- renders ʿ, √y-p-ʿ "he shines/appears"
- Hebrewיָפַעyāpaʿyāpaʿ (יָפַע) "to shine forth" (Hiphil hôpîaʿ, Deut 33:2); PN Yāpîaʿ, king of Lachish (Josh 10:3)
- Ugaritic𐎊𐎔𐎓ypʿypʿ "to shine forth, rise"
- AmoriteJPʿJPʿ "to shine" (B stem jāpaʿ); bare name IA-A-PA-AH Yaypaʿ at Mari, beside Yaypaʿ-Addu, Yaypaʿ-Lim (Gelb 1980, nos. 2792–2794, p. 595)