jim, all these three words: AB, RAM, NAHAR were equally used in canaanite and aramaic, among several other very similar semitic dialects.
now, aramaic was spoken in syria and, in fact, is recorded in several mesopotamean sites. so, i do not see how, linguistically, these words can provide a proof that abraham did not come to canaan from these regions. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%A8 http://aramaicdesigns.blogspot.com.br/2009/06/abba-isnt-daddy-traditional-aramaic.html http://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/2065/09chapter5b.pdf.txt?sequence=14 nir cohen _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
