ʾḫ

Common Semitic noun *ʾaḫ-, brother.

1. Ahab, from Hebrew ʾaḥʾāb, father's brother, from ʾaḥ, irregular bound form ofʾāḥ, brother (ʾāb, father; see ʾb).

2. Sennacherib, from Akkadian Sîn-aḫḫī-erība, Sin has replaced the (lost) brothers for me, from aḫḫī, oblique plural of aḫu, brother (erība, he has replaced for me; see rʾb).

3. Esarhaddon, from Akkadian Aššur-aḫa-iddin, Ashur has given a brother, from aḫa, accusative of aḫu (see above; iddin, has given; see ntn).

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