*marzVḥ-: 'cultic banquet, ritual sodality, funerary feast'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*marzVḥ-
Meaning'cultic banquet, ritual sodality, funerary feast'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Punicmrzḥ ʾlm (Krahmalkov 311)Krahmalkov 311gloss withheld
Ugariticmrzḥ (DULAT 574); KTU 1.114 describes El's marzeaḥDULAT 574; KTU 1gloss withheld
Phoenicianmrzḥ, in lmrzḥ šmš, on a goblet (Krahmalkov 311)Krahmalkov 311gloss withheld
Hebrewmarzēaḥ (Jer 16:5; Amos 6:7; HALOT 634)HALOT 634gloss withheld
Aramaicmrzḥ (DNWSI 691)DNWSI 691gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicmarzᵉḥā (HALOT 634)HALOT 634
Eblaiticcf. mar-za-u₉ /marza/iḥ/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 51)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 51gloss withheld
Emarmar-za-ḫu, mar-za-ḫa-ni /marzaḥu/, /marzaḥānu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 124–125)Pentiuc 2001 124–125gloss withheld

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Notes

Institutional ritual vocabulary—not just a cultic noun but a formal social institution with dedicated vessels, premises, and membership lists. The Phoenician and Ugaritic attestations both link mrzḥ to dedicated drinking vessels.

Updated 22 October 2026

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