Personal name · Semitic

NA-MA

Naʿma 'Grace' (personal name)

Reading
Naʿma
Type
Personal name Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
NA-MA

Commentary

HT Zd 155 A-JU · NA-MA-MA-TI-TI-A319, before MA-TI-TI-A319 in WI-JA-SU’s slot on HT Zd 157 (GORILA IV 131). Ebla PN na-ma (ARET 15 25 r. ii 12), cf. na-ma-da-mu naʿma-Damu (Pagan 1998, row 3812); Hebrew Naʿămāh (Gen 4:22). See the lexicon entry.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry NA-MA.

  • Eblaitena-ma, PN (ARET 15 25 r. ii 12); na-ma-da-mu naʿma-Damu ‘grace of Damu’ (Pagan 1998, row 3812); PNN na-a-ma, na-ma-(DN) (DULAT 605)
  • HebrewNaʿămāh, PN (Gen 4:22; 1 Kgs 14:21, 31; 2 Chr 12:13); a town of Judah (Josh 15:41)
  • Ugaritic𐎐𐎓𐎎nʿmnʿm ‘grace, comeliness’ (DULAT 605–606); Na’amanu, PN (Kinlaw 1967, 83)
  • AmoriteNAʿM-AN-U, NA-AḪ-MA-NU (Gelb 1980, no. 4890); NAʿM-I, NA-AḪ-MI (no. 4893)
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