Personal name · Semitic

RI-RU-MA

personal name, 'Pomegranate' (Ug. lrmn); recipient of pigs

Reading: Lirumā
Type: Personal name Speculative
Language: Semitic Speculative
Sites: Haghia Triada
Attestations: 1
Lexicon: RI-RU-MA

Commentary

Ugaritic lrmn ‘pomegranate’ (DULAT 499); Middle Assyrian lurimā’u, lu-ri-ma-e (CAD L 255 f.). A man’s name: Hebrew Rimmon (2 Sam 4:2), Akkadian Lu-ri-in-di-ya (HALOT 1242). See the lexicon entry.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry RI-RU-MA.

Ugaritic𐎍𐎗𐎎𐎐lrmnlrmn ‘pomegranate’, pl. lrmnm (DULAT 499)
Akkadianlurmûlurmû ‘pomegranate’, MA lurimā’u lu-ri-ma-e, lurimtu EA 25 (CAD L 255 f.); PN Lu-ri-in-di-ya (HALOT 1242)
Hebrewrimmônrimmôn ‘pomegranate’; PN Rimmon, 2 Sam 4:2 (HALOT 1241 f.)