It is either from צור COR or from אשור A$UR. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Syria
Isaac Fried, Boston University On Apr 30, 2013, at 1:48 PM, Uzi Silber wrote: > On Syria though, I have a question -- is this a name with a Tanakh > origin (Sirion?) or Greek or Latin? _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
