Title · Semitic

PA₃-NI-WI

the builder (nisba/gentilic)

Reading
bānīy
Type
Title Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Syme
Attestations
1
Lexicon
PA₃-NI-WI

Commentary

SY Za 4. See the lexicon entry. One witness.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry PA₃-NI-WI.

  • Ugaritic𐎁𐎐𐎊bnybny ‘architect, builder; maker, creator’ (DULAT 231)
  • Akkadianbānûbānû B ‘housebuilder’ (CAD B 95)
  • HebrewBānî, PN, bənê bānî, Ezra 2:10 (HALOT 139)
  • AmoritePN BANIJ-IM (Gelb AS 21 no. 1128); bānijum (Gelb AS 21, 16)
Linear A Lexicon