rpu†
n. m.
- "divine ancestral hero", ancestor of the Ugaritic dynasty, singly and as a group.
- Rpu, eponymous deity of this group.
- in the expression mt rpi
rpu</r-p-?/
- Hebrew rp?, rp?ym, HALOT 1274f.
- Phoenician, Punic rp?m, DNWSI 1081f.
- Amorite /raapi?um/, Huffmon APN 263f.
- Gelb CAAA 30.
- Cf. Del Olmo MLC 411ff.
De Moor ZAW 88 1976 323ff.
Caquot Syria 53 1976 295ff.
Dietrich - Loretz - Sanmartin UF 8 1976 45ff.
Pope Fs. Finkelstein 163ff.
L'Heureux HTR 67 1974 265ff.
¶ syll. Ug.: cf. the element /raapi?(u)/ in PNN
Sivan GAGl 264.
¶ par.: ilny, mhr, mlk(I), qbTs(+ ddn)
