Personal name · Semitic

KI-DA-RO

personal name, 'Dark' (√ḳ-d-r 'be dark'; cf. Hebrew Qēdār)

Reading
Qidaru
Type
Personal name Probable
Language
Semitic Probable
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
KI-DA-RO

Commentary

HT 117a, counted once in a roster of people. √ḳ-d-r ‘be dark’; cf. Hebrew Qēdār (Gen 25:13). HT 47a KI-DA-RO[ is broken (GORILA I 91).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry KI-DA-RO.

  • HebrewקֵדָרQēdārQēdār (קֵדָר) ‘Kedar’, son of Ishmael, an Arabian people; qādar (קָדַר) ‘be dark, mourn’ (HALOT 1072)
  • Ugaritic𐎖𐎄𐎗qdrqdr ‘darkening’ (DULAT)
Linear A Lexicon