Hi Yigal, A good question. The late Theodor Gaster once mentioned in conversation that the inserted He is a result of a switch in writing from the Sumero-Akkadian syllabic to the the proto-Canaanite alphabetic script. This, if memopry serves, was also his opinion about the change from Sarai to Sarah. I don't know if he has written on the subject.
On the other hand, that the full biblical name with the He is derived directly from ABRM is clear from the text. At least that's what the author/editor thought. I don't think there is a need to search for a meaning for a speculative 'rhm'. Uri Hurwitz Hi Uri, While this is probably true for the name Abram, how do you explain the He inAbraham? Does the word "raham" have any meaning? Yigal Levin _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
