Personal name · Semitic

PA-RO-SU

personal or clan name, 'Flea'

Reading
Parʿōš
Type
Personal name Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
PA-RO-SU

Commentary

HT 20 (GORILA I 37): heads a fraction list, the party slot of the same scribe’s HT 16 (KA-KU-PA). RO writes rʿō with ʿ lost. Rival: parsu, a dry measure (Ug. prs), which the slot does not support. Hebrew clan Parʿōš (Ezra 2:3); Phoenician PRʿŠ ‘Flea’ (Benz 1972, 395); Amorite purʿušum ‘flea’ (Gelb 1980, glossary).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry PA-RO-SU.

  • HebrewParʿōš (פַּרְעֹשׁ), a clan, ‘the sons of Parʿōš’ (Ezra 2:3; HALOT 971); parʿōš ‘flea’ (1 Sam 24:15)
  • PhoenicianPRʿŠPRʿŠ ‘Flea’, a name element (Benz 1972, 395)
  • Ugariticprġt, a name (Benz 1972, 395)
  • Amoritepurʿušumpurʿušum ‘flea’; PURʿUŠ-AN-U, PU-UR-ḪU-ŠA-NU, Mari (Gelb 1980, no. 5184)
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