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  • From: "Trevor & Julie Peterson" <06peterson AT cua.edu>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Mount Horeb (CHoReV) and (CHoReVaH)
  • Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 15:57:20 -0500


Chris wrote:

> In exodus 3:1 is the only place where mount Horeb (ChoReV) is spelt with a
> letter ‘Heh’ at the end. There are 14 other places where this mountain is
> referred to and none add the letter ‘Heh’. Can someone comment please?

The -ah is an adverbial suffix normally indicating movement toward
something. A rough approximation in English would be -ward.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics





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