Personal name · Semitic

MI-RU-TA-RA-RE

Free-running Bull, a bull that roams free (personal name); rival Murr-darār 'Flowing Myrrh'

Reading: Mīru-darār
Type: Personal name Speculative
Language: Semitic Speculative
Sites: Haghia Triada
Attestations: 1
Lexicon: MI-RU-TA-RA-RE

Commentary

Mīru-darār ‘Free-running Bull’: mīru ‘young bull’ + darāru ‘move about freely, run off’ (CAD M/2; CAD D, 109). Rival: Murr-darār ‘Flowing Myrrh’ (Hebrew mor-dərôr, Exod 30:23).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry MI-RU-TA-RA-RE.

Akkadianmīrumīru A ‘young bull’, mīrtu ‘cow’ (CAD M/2 109); darāru A ‘become free, move about freely, run off’ (CAD D 109); andurārum ‘freedom, manumission’ (Huehnergard 1997, glossary)
Hebrewמְרִיאmərîʾmərîʾ (מְרִיא) ‘fatted steer’ (HALOT 635); dərôr (דְּרוֹר) ‘freedom’ (HALOT 230); mor-dərôr (מׇר־דְּרוֹר) ‘flowing myrrh’ (Exod 30:23)