Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>]

On 12/19/06, Robert Sumner wrote:
> This is probably not the right forum for this question but after several
> hours of searching I thought I would give it a shot.  Can anyone tell me the
> meaning of the names Amar-Sin, Shu-Sin, and Ibbi-Sin?  Is there an accessible
> source online.  There seems to have been a shift in religious allegiances 
> during
> the middle of the Ur III dynasty that would have corresponded with the 
> migration
> of Abram.  Any help would be appreciated.

At http://www.abbeys.com.au/items/33/85/55/ these names are translated:
Amar-Suena ("Offspring/Young bull of [the god] Suen")
Shu-Suen ("The one of [the god] Suen")
Ibbi-Suen ("[The god] Suen has called")

http://www.ancientneareast.net/religion_mesopotamian/gods/nanna_suen_sin.html

I think you are assuming too much as far as religious allegiances are 
concerned.
Note here: http://cdli.ucla.edu/wiki/index.php/Amar-Suen
The two O.B literary texts that refer to Amar-Suen narrate how he is unable to
rebuild the god Enki's temple. The passage from UET 8 33 indicates that
although the temple is in ruins, each year that Amar-Suen attempts to
renovate it,
he fails.

Yitzhak Sapir