Hi Uri, On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:19:22 -0700 (PDT), Uri Hurwitz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Since I don't know the details, it's somewhat difficult to comment on this, but it's not clear to me how such a putative switch in writing could have resulted in an "insertion" of the He. > 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 beg to disagree. While I have no theory of my own on the construction of the name אברהם, my reading of the Biblical text suggests a complete renaming. > I don't think there is a need to search for a meaning for a > speculative 'rhm'. > > Uri Hurwitz I think there does. -- Will Parsons μη φαινεσθαι, αλλ' ειναι. _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
