Proto-Semitic root

*pitḳ-

‘tablet, ballot, decree’ 1, ‘a goblet so named’ 2

di Mino’s gloss: tablet, slip; lot, decree; goblet

Record 3852 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor

In Linear A1 entry

PA-TA-QEpitqēa kind of *402 cupCandidateSemitic13D

Notes

Klein s.v. פִּתְקָה takes the Hebrew from Aramaic pitqā.

Reflexes2 languages

Northwest Semitic2

  • Hebrewpitqâ 1 (Klein s.v. פִּתְקָה)gloss withheld
  • Judaic Aramaicpitqā 'ball, stone, tablet, ballotlot, decree' 1‘a large goblet... which was named Pithka (Decree)’ 2, Targ. II Esth. 1:8 (Jastrow 1173)

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

Linear A Lexicon