jim, i found your account of the name xwbh very interesting. but i also suspect that wbh would hardly be used to denote U in semitic.
meanwhile, near damaskus, a bit to the south-west, i localized a small town called der khabeyah. nir cohen >>> De: [email protected] Assunto: Re: [b-hebrew] Hobah Data: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:02:58 EST Para: [email protected] >>> The Early and Middle Bronze Age name for the Damascus area was the Akkadian word Apu or Apum,... _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
