Other than in Isaac's reconstructions - no. The usual assumption is that Mount Hermon was called that because it was considered sacred by the local Canaanites (or whoever).
As far as Hiram, it is usually considered to be a shortened form of Ahiram, a fairly common Phoenician and Hebrew name, literally meaning "my brother is exalted", where "brother" is an epithet for the deity, similar to "Ab(i)ram", "Ah(i)ab" and so on. So the name Hiram is actually not derived from XRM. Yigal Levin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yodan Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 5:41 PM To: 'Isaac Fried' Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hiram Hirom Huram Shalom and thanks for the response. I know the root HRM (XRM) has several meanings, e.g. devote, dedicate, ban, confiscate, and others, but I was unaware that it is also "tall, massive, mighty". Aside from the name Hermon, are there other examples of the use of words or names of the root HRM with this meaning? Thanks, Bruryah _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
