jim, considering your #7, for akkadian UBIL, its declension and the initial U/WA see e.g. caplice-snell p 74-75:
http://books.google.com.br/books?id=E4QP2wKp-NIC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=ubil+akkadian&source=bl&ots=R8qwIp5GOa&sig=9lkERcV2qg4lrCxKvJzLjTIW2s4&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ei=frK-UKK_Koji8gT79IGoDA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=ubil%20akkadian&f=false according to them, the akkadian biconsonant root bil, $ib (carry, sit) appear in the imperative, but otherwise the prefix wa/u then indicates action. it seems that this is well reflected in the hebrew cognate irregular verb Y$B: imp. $EB but otherwise YA-$AB. ubil/ubal is similarly reflected by BH HOBYL/HUBAL. similarly, aramean BLW may be connected with akkadian balu: say, products SENT to the local governor. or a caravan SENT to the distant ruling city. so, at the bottom line, you insist, is it hebrew or not? #7 seems quite akkadian to me. i think the paper you have just sent us is very good, and has a clear message: one cannot attach simple labels to complex processes. your question "is it hebrew" is just too simplistic. nir cohen On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:51:48 -0500 (EST), jimstinehart wrote > 7. u-bi-li-mi; u-bi-il. “I sent as gifts to the king, my lord, xprisoners, > 5,000…, and 318 porters/u-bi-li-mi for the caravans of the king….” Amarna > Letter EA 287: 53-57. “Look, I am a friend of the king, and > atribute-bearer/u-bi-il of the king, I am.” Amarna Letter EA 288: > 11-12. “porters” ??? Cf. the Aramaic word BLW, meaning “tribute”,at Ezra 4: > 13?? [Does that word inAmarna Letter EA 287 actually refer to the > “taxpayers” of Jerusalem, who are“tribute-bearers” in the sense that they > have funded the “tribute” forIR-Heba’s caravan that is being sent to Egypt? > Or by contrast is the reference, asconventionally thought, to “[captive] > porters” who are slaves being sent toEgypt as “tribute” as part of the > caravan? Cf. also the Hebrew word BLH in the form BLTYat Genesis 18: 12, > though the meaning does not seem to fit too well???]
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