If XIRAM is a word, and I am usually against seeing a proper name as a word, of the root XRM, 'tall and massive, mighty', as in mount XERMON, then the variants of this name provide an interesting example to the alternate uses of the personal pronoun IY, as in היא HIY; U, as in הוא; and O, as in שלו $EL-O, 'his'. The purpose of the inserted personal pronouns is to add the declaration "he is", to XRM.
Isaac Fried, Boston University On Jul 16, 2012, at 6:26 PM, Yodan wrote: > the names HIRAM, HIROM, and HURAM _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
