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WH 651

Siglum
WH 651
Transliteration
l yḥʿ bn ḥgw bn ks²ʾt bn wm{d} bn zdʾl w ʿl w ʿl nhb w ṣyr ṣhy m- mdbr
Translation
By Yḥʿ son of Ḥgw son of Ks²ʾt son of {Wmd} son of Zdʾl and he was poor and he went up on a raid and returned on horseback to permanent water from the inner desert

Interpretation

Commentary
WH comments: "The first ʿl is probably Arabic ʿāla “to be or become poor, impoverished’; the second is ʿalā ‘to go up’. — nhb cf. Ar. nahb ‘raid, plunder’. ṣhy is probably the maṣdar of ṣahā III "to ride (a horse)" (Hava)."

Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.

Associated Inscriptions

  • Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Site
WH Cairn 9B, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011435
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