Isaac Fried: You wrote: “The words אורח ORAX, 'road, path' (Gen. 49:17), 'habit, manner', (Gen.18:11); אורחה ORXAH, 'company, caravan' (Gen. 37:25); ארוחה ARUXAH, 'dinner, meal, feast' (Proverbs 15:17), are all from the root ARX, which is a variant, methinks, of the root ARK, 'long, extended'. I rather think that ירח YAREAX is a variant if ZAREAX, 'shining'.”
Thank you for pointing out that (i) at Genesis 49: 17, )RX means “road, path”; and that (ii) at Genesis 37: 25, )RXT means “caravan of”. That confirms that the Hebrew author of the Patriarchal narratives was well aware of the Hebrew verb )RX, meaning “to go, journey, wander, take a long caravan trip”. TRX makes a long “journey” or “caravan trip” that has momentous consequences in the Patriarchal narratives. So it makes sense that his name, TRX, in Hebrew is a shortened form of T)RX, and in Hebrew means “you journey” or “you take a long caravan trip”. You seem to agree with me that TRX has no relationship to YRX/moon. Neither Terah, nor any of his descendants in Naharim, ever says word one about the “moon”. The conventional view that TRX is a variant of YRX/moon is erroneous, in my humble opinion. I am trying to show that each native west Semitic speaking person in the Patriarchal narratives, such as Terah and his three sons, has a name that has a sensible meaning in Hebrew. The moon plays no role in the Patriarchal narratives, and the name TRX has nothing to do with YRX/moon. Rather, TRX makes a momentous “journey” or “long caravan trip” that is integral to the plotline of the Patriarchal narratives. The name TRX in Hebrew is a shortened form of T)RX, which in Hebrew means “you journey” or “you take a long caravan trip”. Jim Stinehart Evanston, Illinois _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
