[b-hebrew] Apiru/Habiru revisited...
G. Zack
atdgz at hotmail.com
Mon Jan 12 12:17:51 EST 2009
Good day to all!
I have been reading posting to this group only for some weeks now.
Quite likely, the issue had been touched on before...
In a nutshell,
Is there any final consensus on the connection/lack-of-connection between the Habiru/Apiru and the ancient Hebrews, and,
Is there any final consensus on the origins of the word in Semetic languages (to my understanding related to the root Ayin-Phei-Reish-- as in "dust", the dusty or dusty feet ones... Or is it related to Ayin-Beth-Reish, as the bible claims, namely standing for "trans"--those who have arrived from trans river or even desert etc.)
and,
Is there any final consensus on the the label's incorporation into Egyptian usage?
Gad Za"k
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