wkl / Semitic roots

To trust, rely.

Tiglathpileser, from Hebrew tiglat pilʔeser, from Akkadian tukultī-apil-ešarra, my trusted one (is) the heir of Esharra, from tukultī, my trusted one, from tukultu, trust, object of trust, from takālu, to trust, alteration of earlier wakālum (apil, heir; see ʔpl).