Gentilic · Semitic
RU-MA-TA-SE
of / from Rūmatā (-SE derivative)
- Reading
- rūmatā-se
- Type
- Gentilic Candidate
- Language
- Semitic Candidate
- Sites
- Zakros
- Attestations
- 1
- Lexicon
- RU-MA-TA
Commentary
Bare RU-MA-TA rūmatā ‘the Height’ at HT29 and HT99b, suffixed on ZA20 (qty 3) beside DU-RE-ZA-SE. The -SE function is open: gentilic or terminative.
Compared forms
From the lexicon entry RU-MA-TA.
- Hebrewrāmârāmâ ‘height, high place’ (HALOT 1240), and the town hārāmâ, Judg 4:5
- Ugaritic𐎗𐎎rmrm ‘high, lofty’; ‘height’ (DULAT 730)
- AmoriteRWM ‘be high’: rāmum, rāmatum (Gelb AS 21, 29–30)
- Phoenician𐤓𐤌rmrm ‘high, lofty’ (Krahmalkov 444)