The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
pl.
DEFINITION:
To be(come) late, do later, answer. 1.Assurbanipal, from Akkadian aur-bni-apli, Ashur (is) the creator of the heir, from apli, genitive of aplu, heir, from aplu, to be(come) late, come later, come after (bni, creator; see bny). 2. Tiglathpileser, from Hebrew tiglat pileser, from Akkadian tukult-apil-earra, my trusted one (is) the heir of Esharra (the main temple of the god Ashur in the Assyrian religious capital of Assur; the “heir of Esharra” is the god Ashur), from aplu, heir (see above; tukult, my trusted one; see wkl).
pl.
ni-apli, Ashur (is) the creator of the heir, from apli, genitive of aplu, heir, from ap
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