Personal name · Semitic

RA-NA-TU-SU

personal name, 'his shout of joy'; rival two names, RA-NA and TU-SU

Reading
Rannatušu
Type
Personal name Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Palaikastro
Attestations
1
Lexicon
RA-NA-TU-SU

Commentary

PK 1 .6, one word, written with its 1 and the next NI over an erasure (GORILA I 281). rannat- ‘ringing cry’ + -šu ‘his’: Arabic rannah ‘a cry, in joy or sorrow’ (Lane 1164), Hebrew rinnāh, with suffixes rinnātî, rinnātām (BDB 943), and the name Rinnāh (1 Chr 4:20). Rival: two names, RA-NA and TU-SU (cf. TU-SU on .6–7). See the lexicon entry.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry RA-NA-TU-SU.

  • Arabicrannahrannah ‘a sound, voice, or cry, in joy or sorrow’, pl. rannāt (Lane 1164)
  • Hebrewrinnāhrinnāh ‘ringing cry’, rinnātî, rinnātām; Rinnāh, a man of Judah (1 Chr 4:20; BDB 943)
  • Ugariticr-n/r-n(-n)/ ‘to shout, raise one’s voice’, ảrnn (KTU 1.82:6; DULAT 731)
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