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Re: "elephant" in Hebrew

From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: "elephant" in Hebrew
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 22:49:22 +0200

"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".
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel

"elephant" in Hebrew, Ian Hutchesson, 11/01/2000
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- Re: "elephant" in Hebrew, Kevin W. Woodruff, 11/01/2000
- Re: "elephant" in Hebrew, Jonathan D. Safren, 11/01/2000
- RE: "elephant" in Hebrew, Peter Kirk, 11/01/2000
- RE: "elephant" in Hebrew, Liz Fried, 11/01/2000
- Re: "elephant" in Hebrew, Jonathan D. Safren, 11/01/2000
- Re: "elephant" in Hebrew, Kevin L. Barney, 11/02/2000
- "Elephant" in Hebrew, Ian Hutchesson, 11/05/2000