Personal name · Semitic
RI-TA-JE
(My) Might (personal name; lītu 'might, victory' + hypocoristic -āy); rival Rašiyya
- Reading
- Lītāy
- Type
- Personal name Speculative
- Language
- Semitic Speculative
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- RI-TA-JE
Commentary
KH 6 .4 RI-TA-JE CYP+D[, a cyperus recipient (GORILA III 27). Lītāy, Akkadian lītu ‘might’ in personal names (CAD L 223), √l-ʾ-y ‘be powerful’ (GlOS 2, 6), with the hypocoristic -āy of *306-TA-JE. Rival: Amorite Rašiyya (Gelb 1980, no. 5264). See the lexicon entry.
Compared forms
From the lexicon entry RI-TA-JE.
- Akkadianlītulītu ‘victory, victorious might, power’, in personal names: ᵈŠul-gi-li-ti, ᵈŠamaš-li-tum, Bēl-li-tim-Marduk (CAD L 222–223)
- Amoriteliʔyliʔy ‘power’: li-i-um, li-ú-um, li-i-ᵈda-gan; laʔiy ‘powerful’, with -aya at Ugarit: la-i-ia, la-i-ia-ya (GlOS 2, 6); rival RAŠIJ-JA, RA-ŠI-A, √r-š-j ‘acquire’ (Gelb 1980, no. 5264)
- Ugariticlảlả ‘power, strength, vigour’ (DULAT 482)