Title · Semitic
NA-TU-*301-NE
the dedicated one (qatūl passive participle of √n-t-n + -ān); rival nātānān 'the giver'
- Reading
- natūnān
- Type
- Title Probable
- Language
- Semitic Probable
- Sites
- Skoteino Cave
- Attestations
- 1
- Lexicon
- NA-TU-*301-NE
Compared forms
From the lexicon entry NA-TU-*301-NE.
- Hebrewנָתִיןnātīnnātīn (נָתִין) "temple servant, dedicated one"—singular of Nĕtīnīm (נְתִינִים), Ezra 2:43, 8:20; 1 Chr 9:2. Passive participle of √n-t-n. The Levites themselves called nĕtūnīm nĕtūnīm "given, utterly given" (Num 3:9)
- Ugariticytn / ntn "to give"—one of the most common Ugaritic roots
- Amoritethe passive natūn ‘given’ in names: NATUN-UM Natūnum, ʾIL-I+NATUN Ilī-natūn (Gelb 1980, nos. 5014, 2756)
- Akkadiannadānunadānu "to give"; nādinu "giver" (active participle)
- PhoenicianMattan (מתן) "gift"—common PN element (Mattan-Baal); institutional parallels in Phoenician temple servant classes
- AthenaA-TA-NA = ʾatanā ‘She-who-gives’ (lexicon PROBABLE)—NWS feminine of √y-t-n (> ʾ- via I-y weakening). NA-TU-NA-NE with initial n- preserves √n-t-n; the coexistence of both allomorphs points to a pre-split isogloss stage