"elephant" in Hebrew

Jonathan D. Safren yonsaf at beitberl.ac.il
Wed Nov 1 15:49:22 EST 2000




"Jonathan D. Safren" wrote:

> I don't have an Akkadian dictionary handy, but if Iremember correctly,
> the Akkadian word for elephant is "iru" (long i) making it almost
> certainly a cognate of Heb "piyl", with an lmnr interchange.
> Sincerely,

Oops! I meant "piru".
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Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel





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