Yigal, Shalom,
Thank you! Helpful information. I knew about HIRAM = AHIRAM but I didn't know about AH(I) or AV(I) being epithet for the deity. Do you have more information about this? I can see why one would refer to a deity as "father", but why "brother"? Toda rabba, Bruryah Tashah -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yigal Levin Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hiram Hirom Huram 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 _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
