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𒀭𒇸

Akkadian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒆤𒇲 (LIL₂.LA₂ /⁠lili⁠/, “wandering spirit; father of Gilgamesh”).

Proper noun edit

𒀭𒇸 • (dLIL /Lil(lu)/)[1]

  1. demon, deity

Derived terms edit

  • 𒀭𒀗 (dLILIZ /⁠Lilissu⁠/, “divinity name; Divine Kettle Drum”)
  • 𒆠𒂖𒆤𒇲 (KI.SIKIL.LIL₂.LA₂ /⁠Ardat lilî⁠/, “succubus demon”)
  • 𒇽𒆤𒇲 m (lúLIL₂.LA₂ /⁠Lilû⁠/), 𒊩𒆤𒇲 f (munusLIL₂.LA₂ /⁠Lilītu⁠/, “a wandering demon that preys on pregnant women and children”)
    • → Hebrew: לִילִית f (lilít, “Lilith”)
    • → Phoenician: 𐤋𐤋𐤉 m (lly, “demon”), 𐤋𐤋𐤉𐤕 f (llyt)

Related terms edit

  • 𒀀𒇲 (A.LA₂), 𒄞𒀭𒈾 (GU₄.AN.NA /⁠alû⁠/, “demonic power; ghost; Bull of Heaven, Taurus”)
  • 𒀭𒀠𒆸 (dAL.ḪAB /⁠Aluḫappu⁠/, “an evil; netherworld demon”)

Further reading edit

  • Albright, W. F. (1939) “An Aramaean Magical Text in Hebrew from the Seventh Century B. C.”, in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, number 76, The University of Chicago Press, →DOI, page 9

References edit

  1. ^ Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook: Helps, Paradigms, Glossary, Logograms, and Sign List, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, →ISBN
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