Sarai

I know I've run across the meaning of this suffix before, but I can't find it anywhere in my notes or resources. If memory serves me correctly, I believe it's Akkadian, and found in such names as Shalmaneser, Tiglath-Pileser, etc. Can anyone help me out?

Regards,
Sarai

semiopen

Shalmaneser_III

Sarai

Thank you, semiopen. I feel like a complete idiot: I'm tearing apart my library and poring through notes, but it never occurs to me to check WIKI. Color me bright red. :redface:

Sarai

spin

eser is not in fact a morpheme in these names. You saw what semiopen showed. The second name is a bastardization of Tukulti-epil-Esharra, "my trust is in the son of Esharra". Then there's Nebuchadnezzar, Nabu-kudurri-usur, "Nabu protect my first-born". This last name has been corrupted in Hebrew to have the appearance that it ends with נצר, ie netser.