Heth/X Is Not a Hebrew Suffix I am trying to confirm that heth/X is never used as a suffix in west Semitic Biblical names and non-loanwords in Biblical Hebrew. Heth/X can appear at the end of a name or word in Hebrew, but it’s always as an integral part of the root, never as a suffix. For example, NX/“Noah” at Genesis 5: 29 is often viewed as coming from the Biblical Hebrew common word NWX. In both cases [both the common word and the proper name], the final heth/X is an integral part of the root, and is not a suffix. ZRX/“Zerah” at Genesis 36: 13 is likewise viewed as coming from the Biblical Hebrew common word ZRX. In both cases, the final heth/X is an integral part of the root, and is not a suffix. There is no west Semitic Biblical Hebrew name, is there, that features a tri-consonantal root, to which a heth/X has then been added as a suffix? I am simply trying to confirm that although one may see a heth/X at the end of a west Semitic Biblical Hebrew name or common word, in each and every case such heth/X will be an integral part of the root, and will not be a suffix. Jim Stinehart Evanston, Illinois
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