*rpu [#m5440197] 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''')