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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Judges 4:11 & Joshua 15:57
  • Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 22:33:14 +0500

On 17/04/2005 06:35, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:

Would it be reasonable to suggest that Heber is related to Hebron, not
far from the identified site of Qain (en-Nebi Yaqin) in Judges 5:24? ...


This Arabic name is of interest to the question. It seems that Arabs linked this place to a prophet (Nebi), probably considering it to be his burial place, but the name of the prophet, Yaqin, is not the normal Arabic, or Islamic, name of Cain, i.e Qabil, nor is it a simple transliteration of the Hebrew Qayin. So, in Arabic tradition, who was this Yaqin?

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