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  • From: "G. Zack" <atdgz AT hotmail.com>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Apiru/Habiru revisited...
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:17:51 +0000


Good day to all!

I have been reading posting to this group only for some weeks now.

Quite likely, the issue had been touched on before...

In a nutshell,

Is there any final consensus on the connection/lack-of-connection between the
Habiru/Apiru and the ancient Hebrews, and,
Is there any final consensus on the origins of the word in Semetic languages
(to my understanding related to the root Ayin-Phei-Reish-- as in "dust", the
dusty or dusty feet ones... Or is it related to Ayin-Beth-Reish, as the bible
claims, namely standing for "trans"--those who have arrived from trans river
or even desert etc.)
and,
Is there any final consensus on the the label's incorporation into Egyptian
usage?


Gad Za"k

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