BES15_MS 24

Siglum
BES15_MS 24
Transliteration
l ʾs²mt bn ʿdlh bn ṣbḥ ḏ- ʾl ms¹kt w wgm ʿl- dd -h w ʿl- s²ʿ w ʿl- ʿzz w ʿl- wr{b}l w ʿ{l-} tml w ʿl- {ḫ}rṣ w ʿl- ʿbd mḥyb -h mṭl f h lt rwḥ
Phillip Stokes
Translation
By ʾs²mt son of ʿdlh son of Ṣbḥ of the tribe of Ms¹kt and he grieved for his uncle and for S²ʿ and for ʿzz and for wr{b}l and for Tml and for Ḫrṣ and for ʿbd whom he grieved for a long time, so Oh Lt send the rain
Phillip Stokes
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary

MḤYB – The root ḥyb is attested in the Safaitic corpus as an alternate of ḥwb, “to lament” (Al-Jallad and Jaworska 2019: 82). I have interpreted this as a D-stem / Form-II participle mḥyb (/moḥayyeb/), with a 3ms suffix referring to ʿbd. It is also possible that the m belongs with the previous name, in which case ḥyb would be a 3ms perfect: ʿl ʿbdm ḥyb-h “[he grieved] for ʿbdm, whom he lamented [for a long time].” MṬL – This is, as far as I know, the first instance of this root in the Safaitic corpus. In ClAr, the root often signifies prolonging or lengthening. There are several possible realizations of the word here based on attestations from other Arabic lexica, but I suggest a likely candidate is the L-Stem/Form-III maṣdar form miṭāl “lengthening, protracting” (Hava 717). The use here is adverbial, modifying the previous participle.

  • [BES15_MS] Stokes, P. The Badia Epigraphic Survey: The Safaitic Inscriptions of Marabb al-Shurafāt BES 2015. OCIANA: Zenodo, 2026. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23482253.
Site
Marabb al-Shurafāt, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
Jun-15
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Curse, Grieving, Lineage (ancestor)
Updated 20 Oct, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Phillip Stokes, 'BES15_MS 24,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 20 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46708. Accessed: 22 Oct, 2026.