[b-hebrew] Arpachshad
Al Craig
crequi at ntlworld.com
Fri May 1 12:48:42 EDT 2009
Karl:
So long as it's a plain that the Israelites can come out of to occupy the
Promised Land it will do as a point of origin. It doesn't have to be THE
Arabah, it just has to be something to do with the desert.
As to your point about Abraham, yes he is in direct descent from Arpachshad,
but that's where I think there's a problem. To avoid being provocative I did
not say that I thought Abraham's starting point in Mesopotamia was
implausible as a place of origin for the Hebrews and that that could be due
to an incorrect interpretation of Arpachshad.
It's all a bit trivial but if there is anyone having sleepless nights
wondering about the meaning of the name Arpachshad they might want to
consider the idea put forward here as one of the possibilities.
Al Craig
On Wed Apr 29 2009 at 13:39, K Randolph <kwrandolph at gmail.com> wrote:
> My comments were about the spelling in context of how the spelling
> indicates
> meaning, so actually included both.
>
> Genesis 11:10-13 indicates that Arpachshad was an ancestor of Abraham,
> though the last three letters of the name could indicate that he was an
> ancestor of the Chaleans as well.
>
> As to the word (RBH to which you thought there may have been a connection
> in
> your first posting, its use seems to indicate a geographical feature,
> namely
> a plain, rather than as a place name.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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