The Meaning of Phoenician ḥsp in the Aḥirom Inscription

• Authors: Wilfred G.E. Watson

Abstracts

EN

There is no agreement on the etymology and meaning of Phoen. ḥsp in the Aḥirom sarcophagus inscription, but the corresponding Egyptian verb ḥsb, “to break”, may help to resolve both issues. In support, several other words where Eg. /b/ corresponds to Semitic /p/ are discussed.

Keywords

PL

Aḥirom Inscription; devoicing; Egyptian; interchange of bilabials; loanwords; Phoenician

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Folia Orientalia
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 56
• Pages: 363-371

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Wilfred G.E. Watson

Identifiers

DOI

10.24425/for.2019.130717

Biblioteka Nauki

55788818