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  • From: jimstinehart AT aol.com
  • To: if AT math.bu.edu, yishalom AT sbcglobal.net
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew Meanings of Biblical Names
  • Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:07:14 -0400 (EDT)


Isaac Fried:

You wrote: “The words אורח ORAX, 'road, path' (Gen. 49:17), 'habit, manner',
(Gen.18:11); אורחה ORXAH, 'company, caravan' (Gen. 37:25); ארוחה ARUXAH,
'dinner, meal, feast' (Proverbs 15:17), are all from the root ARX, which is
a variant, methinks, of the root ARK, 'long, extended'. I rather think that
ירח YAREAX is a variant if ZAREAX, 'shining'.”

Thank you for pointing out that (i) at Genesis 49: 17, )RX means “road,
path”; and that (ii) at Genesis 37: 25, )RXT means “caravan of”. That
confirms that the Hebrew author of the Patriarchal narratives was well aware
of the Hebrew verb )RX, meaning “to go, journey, wander, take a long caravan
trip”. TRX makes a long “journey” or “caravan trip” that has momentous
consequences in the Patriarchal narratives. So it makes sense that his name,
TRX, in Hebrew is a shortened form of T)RX, and in Hebrew means “you journey”
or “you take a long caravan trip”.

You seem to agree with me that TRX has no relationship to YRX/moon. Neither
Terah, nor any of his descendants in Naharim, ever says word one about the
“moon”. The conventional view that TRX is a variant of YRX/moon is
erroneous, in my humble opinion.

I am trying to show that each native west Semitic speaking person in the
Patriarchal narratives, such as Terah and his three sons, has a name that has
a sensible meaning in Hebrew. The moon plays no role in the Patriarchal
narratives, and the name TRX has nothing to do with YRX/moon. Rather, TRX
makes a momentous “journey” or “long caravan trip” that is integral to the
plotline of the Patriarchal narratives. The name TRX in Hebrew is a
shortened form of T)RX, which in Hebrew means “you journey” or “you take a
long caravan trip”.

Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois







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