𐤐𐤃𐤉

Philistine

Etymology

Some scholars identify the word with the Hebrew root פ-ד-ה.

Proper noun

𐤐𐤃𐤉 (padi) m

Padi, the king of the city of Ekron
- Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription, line 1, c. 7th century BC:^[1]
  𐤁𐤕 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤔 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤐𐤃𐤉 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤟
  (The) temple (which) he built, Achish, son of Padi, son of...

References

^ Berlant, Stephen (2008), "The Mysterious Ekron Goddess Revisited," Journal of The Ancient Near Eastern Society vol. 31 pp. 15–21 [1]

Further reading

Philip Schmitz (2016) Philistine pentagaia: contact effects in the royal dedicatory stela in Ekron

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