Proto-Semitic root
*dagān-
‘Dagon (grain deity; Philistine/Canaanite god)’
di Mino’s gloss: Dagan, a god
Record 2994 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
HALOT 213 also cites Greek Σίτων (‘grain’ god). Cf. 2315 *dagan- ‘grain’. At Ebla Dagan is the ‘Lord of Tuttul’, ᵈBE du-du-luᵏⁱ = ᵈLUGAL du-du-luᵏⁱ (Antalík 1998, 36; Sallaberger 2018, 116).
Reflexes5 languages
East Semitic1
- AkkadianDagana, Daguna (Babylonian; HALOT 213)
Northwest Semitic4
- Hebrewdāgôn (Judg 16:23; 1 Sam 5:2–7; HALOT 213)gloss withheld
- Ugariticdgn DN (DULAT 265; HALOT 213)
- Phoeniciandgn (HALOT 213)
- AmoriteDagan, *Dagan (Huffmon APNM 180)Dagān, DN (Gelb AS 21, 17)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.