Ola Wikander
@olawikander.bsky.social
Philologist, author, Lundensian. Ugaritologist, Hebraist, Semitist, part IE-ist. PhD & Reader/Senior Lecturer, OT/HB. Ex Pro Futura fellow (Uppsala & Cambridge).
Ordained in a rare religion.
Abyssum per Sapientiam Linguā Incarnandō.
Ola-Wikander-eng.se
Ordained in a rare religion.
Abyssum per Sapientiam Linguā Incarnandō.
Ola-Wikander-eng.se
Ugaritic word of the day:
nblảt ("flames").
nblảt ("flames").
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ugaritic word of the day:
nblảt ("flames").
nblảt ("flames").
Mina två senaste (2025 och 2024); trots genreskillnaden är familjelikheten större än man kunde tro!
/ My two latest books (2025 and 2024, respectively); despite the difference in genre, the family resemblance is greater than one might think!
/ My two latest books (2025 and 2024, respectively); despite the difference in genre, the family resemblance is greater than one might think!
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Mina två senaste (2025 och 2024); trots genreskillnaden är familjelikheten större än man kunde tro!
/ My two latest books (2025 and 2024, respectively); despite the difference in genre, the family resemblance is greater than one might think!
/ My two latest books (2025 and 2024, respectively); despite the difference in genre, the family resemblance is greater than one might think!
Ugaritic phrase of the day:
spr ẓlm ("document of shades").
Pictured: Jonas Brun's wonderful novel "Skuggland" ("Shadowland"). A personal favorite of mine. So, so sad, though...
spr ẓlm ("document of shades").
Pictured: Jonas Brun's wonderful novel "Skuggland" ("Shadowland"). A personal favorite of mine. So, so sad, though...
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ugaritic phrase of the day:
spr ẓlm ("document of shades").
Pictured: Jonas Brun's wonderful novel "Skuggland" ("Shadowland"). A personal favorite of mine. So, so sad, though...
spr ẓlm ("document of shades").
Pictured: Jonas Brun's wonderful novel "Skuggland" ("Shadowland"). A personal favorite of mine. So, so sad, though...
ʾăḏāvaḥŏkkis(ĕ)...?
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
ʾăḏāvaḥŏkkis(ĕ)...?
Editing myself, so to speak. This article has sure grown! Wrote the basic thing in Rome in April and May, but lots of stuff has been added since then. There's Hebrew, Ugaritic, Sam'alian, Hittite, and Luwian in there.
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Editing myself, so to speak. This article has sure grown! Wrote the basic thing in Rome in April and May, but lots of stuff has been added since then. There's Hebrew, Ugaritic, Sam'alian, Hittite, and Luwian in there.
Ugaritic word of the day:
tšʕlynh ("she lifted it/him/her up").
tšʕlynh ("she lifted it/him/her up").
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ugaritic word of the day:
tšʕlynh ("she lifted it/him/her up").
tšʕlynh ("she lifted it/him/her up").
My own copies have arrived / författarexen anlända!
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My own copies have arrived / författarexen anlända!
Ugaritic word of the day:
Ugaritic word of the day:
ʾiqnʾu ("lapis lazuli", "lapis lazuli-colored", "blue", "violet blue", "purple").F
Ugaritic word of the day:
ʾiqnʾu ("lapis lazuli", "lapis lazuli-colored", "blue", "violet blue", "purple").F
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ugaritic word of the day:
Ugaritic word of the day:
ʾiqnʾu ("lapis lazuli", "lapis lazuli-colored", "blue", "violet blue", "purple").F
Ugaritic word of the day:
ʾiqnʾu ("lapis lazuli", "lapis lazuli-colored", "blue", "violet blue", "purple").F
The Eagle has landed! Or, well, the Dragon, rather.
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Eagle has landed! Or, well, the Dragon, rather.
Wooot wooot! "Den undflyende ormen", min nya bok, kan nu beställas (här Bokus, men också annorstädes). Semitisk- och indoeuropeiskspråkiga drakar och stormgudar åt folket!
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wooot wooot! "Den undflyende ormen", min nya bok, kan nu beställas (här Bokus, men också annorstädes). Semitisk- och indoeuropeiskspråkiga drakar och stormgudar åt folket!
It's still warm!
New article after post-seminar changes. Will go over it thoroughly once more, pen in hand, reading as though it were by someone else (as far as that is possible!) before submitting it.
New article after post-seminar changes. Will go over it thoroughly once more, pen in hand, reading as though it were by someone else (as far as that is possible!) before submitting it.
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's still warm!
New article after post-seminar changes. Will go over it thoroughly once more, pen in hand, reading as though it were by someone else (as far as that is possible!) before submitting it.
New article after post-seminar changes. Will go over it thoroughly once more, pen in hand, reading as though it were by someone else (as far as that is possible!) before submitting it.
Gothic Lundensian Academia.
October 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Gothic Lundensian Academia.
Ugaritic word of the day:
šbʕr ("to shine, to illuminate" – Š causative of bʕr, "to burn").
šbʕr ("to shine, to illuminate" – Š causative of bʕr, "to burn").
October 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Ugaritic word of the day:
šbʕr ("to shine, to illuminate" – Š causative of bʕr, "to burn").
šbʕr ("to shine, to illuminate" – Š causative of bʕr, "to burn").
Mycket rolig, insiktsfull och positiv understreckare av Kristoffer Leandoer i dagens SvD om min nya bok "Den undflyende ormen: Kampen mot drakar, kaos och undergång från Bibeln till vår tid"! (På Nirstedt/Litteratur)
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Mycket rolig, insiktsfull och positiv understreckare av Kristoffer Leandoer i dagens SvD om min nya bok "Den undflyende ormen: Kampen mot drakar, kaos och undergång från Bibeln till vår tid"! (På Nirstedt/Litteratur)
Ugaritic word of the day:
ʔdm ("to be red", "to become red").
ʔdm ("to be red", "to become red").
October 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ugaritic word of the day:
ʔdm ("to be red", "to become red").
ʔdm ("to be red", "to become red").
Kuchean Tocharian (AKA Tocharian B) word of the day:
yñakteṃ ("among the gods").
yñakteṃ ("among the gods").
October 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Kuchean Tocharian (AKA Tocharian B) word of the day:
yñakteṃ ("among the gods").
yñakteṃ ("among the gods").
Ugaritic word of the day:
/ ʾibġayuhā / ("I will reveal it").
/ ʾibġayuhā / ("I will reveal it").
October 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Ugaritic word of the day:
/ ʾibġayuhā / ("I will reveal it").
/ ʾibġayuhā / ("I will reveal it").
Eblaite word of the day:
*ʕiṣ̂u(m) ("wood", spelt i-zu or ì-zu).
*ʕiṣ̂u(m) ("wood", spelt i-zu or ì-zu).
October 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Eblaite word of the day:
*ʕiṣ̂u(m) ("wood", spelt i-zu or ì-zu).
*ʕiṣ̂u(m) ("wood", spelt i-zu or ì-zu).
Birgitta Stenberg är en av de svenskspråkiga författare jag håller högst. En makalöst badass person, och stilistiskt och tematiskt sett något som liknar ett slags korsning av Anaïs Nin och beatförfattarna. Inte direkt en dålig kombination.
October 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Birgitta Stenberg är en av de svenskspråkiga författare jag håller högst. En makalöst badass person, och stilistiskt och tematiskt sett något som liknar ett slags korsning av Anaïs Nin och beatförfattarna. Inte direkt en dålig kombination.
Ugaritic word of the day:
ntbt ("path, way, road").
ntbt ("path, way, road").
October 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ugaritic word of the day:
ntbt ("path, way, road").
ntbt ("path, way, road").
गणानां त्वा गणपतिं हवामहे
कविं कवीनामुपमश्रवस्तमम् ।
ज्येष्ठराजं ब्रह्मणां ब्रह्मणस्पत
आ नः शृण्वन्नूतिभिः सीद सादनम् ॥
कविं कवीनामुपमश्रवस्तमम् ।
ज्येष्ठराजं ब्रह्मणां ब्रह्मणस्पत
आ नः शृण्वन्नूतिभिः सीद सादनम् ॥
September 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
गणानां त्वा गणपतिं हवामहे
कविं कवीनामुपमश्रवस्तमम् ।
ज्येष्ठराजं ब्रह्मणां ब्रह्मणस्पत
आ नः शृण्वन्नूतिभिः सीद सादनम् ॥
कविं कवीनामुपमश्रवस्तमम् ।
ज्येष्ठराजं ब्रह्मणां ब्रह्मणस्पत
आ नः शृण्वन्नूतिभिः सीद सादनम् ॥
Ugaritic word of the day:
tšỉḫrhm ("you hold them back, you delay them").
tšỉḫrhm ("you hold them back, you delay them").
September 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ugaritic word of the day:
tšỉḫrhm ("you hold them back, you delay them").
tšỉḫrhm ("you hold them back, you delay them").
Ugaritic word of the day:
ṯ-ʕ-r ("arrange, order").
ṯ-ʕ-r ("arrange, order").
September 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Ugaritic word of the day:
ṯ-ʕ-r ("arrange, order").
ṯ-ʕ-r ("arrange, order").