Title · Semitic

MA-I-MI

water(-men), water-drawers of the sanctuary; rival Anatolian 'grown-ups'

Reading
mayimi
Type
Title Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
MA-I-MI

Commentary

HT 89 MA-I-MI 24, third of five classes under A-SA-RA₂ · *307, KU-RO 87: mayimi ‘water’ (DULAT 529), the sanctuary’s water-drawers, as the Gibeonites drew water for the altar (Josh 9:27). Rival: Anatolian ‘grown-ups’ (Uchitel 2006, 75). See the lexicon entry. One witness.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry MA-I-MI.

  • Ugariticmh/ymh/y ‘water’, pl. mym; tkmt my ‘who carries water on her shoulders’ (KTU 1.19 II 6)
  • AkkadianmēmaEA mi-e-ma, mi-ma /mēma/ < /mayma/ ‘water’ (CAD M/2 17)
  • Hebrewמַיִםmayimמַיִם mayim ‘water’; שֹׁאֲבֵי מַיִם ‘drawers of water’ (Josh 9:21, 27; Deut 29:10)
  • Phoenician𐤌𐤉𐤌mymmym ‘water’
Linear A Lexicon