Personal name · Semitic

WI-SA-SA-NE

Sleepy (personal name); rival √y-š-š 'aged'

Reading
Wiššān
Type
Personal name Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Khania
Attestations
1
Lexicon
WI-SA-SA-NE

Commentary

√w-š-n ‘to sleep’; the Ugarit name yšn, ia-ši-nu (DULAT 973), Hebrew Yāšēn (HALOT 448). Rival: √y-š-š ‘aged’.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry WI-SA-SA-NE.

  • Ugariticyšn PN, ia-ši-nu, KTU 4.98, 4.103, 4.425, 4.753 (DULAT 973)
  • HebrewYāšēn, 2 Sam 23:32, ‘sleepy’ (HALOT 448)
  • Arabicwasinawasina ‘to be sleepy’ (HALOT 447; DULAT 973)
  • Safaiticwsnwsn ‘to sleep’ (Al-Jallad 2026, 169)
  • Linear Bja-sa-no, KN As 1516.4, which West compares with Ugaritic yšn (DULAT 973)
Linear A Lexicon