Title · Semitic

TA-RA

gatekeepers (of the sanctuary); rival Akkadian tārû 'child-minder'

Reading: ṯa(ġ)ra
Type: Title Speculative
Language: Semitic Speculative
Sites: Haghia Triada
Attestations: 1
Lexicon: TA-RA

Commentary

HT 89 TA-RA 5, last of five classes under A-SA-RA₂ · *307, KU-RO 87: ṯa(ġ)ra ‘gatekeepers’, Ugaritic ṯġr, a personnel class with grain rations (DULAT 888). Rival: Akkadian tārû ‘male nursemaid’ (CAD T 250). See the lexicon entry. One witness.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry TA-RA.

Ugaritic𐎘𐎙𐎗ṯġrṯġr (II) ‘gatekeeper’, pl. ṯġrm, in personnel and ration lists (KTU 4.126:22; 4.141 III 2; 4.128:11)
Eblaitetaggārum/taggārum/ ‘gatekeeper’ (VE 269)
Hebrewשֹׁעֵרšōʿērשֹׁעֵר šōʿēr ‘gatekeeper’
Aramaicתָּרָעַיָּאtārāʿayyāʾתָּרָעַיָּא tārāʿayyāʾ ‘gatekeepers’ (Ezra 7:24)
Akkadiantārû/tāriutārû/tāriu ‘child-minder, male nursemaid or fosterer’ (rival)