Biblical Hebrew Forum

[joel AT exc.com]

I'm joining this conversation late, but I'm not sure what the
difficulty is.  HRRM is "their HRR," which is to say, "their [the
Horites'] mountains."

>HRRM is used only once in Tanakh, in this place. If it is a normal noun with

Yes, but HRR is used elsewhere, as, for example, in Numbers 23:7 (in
construct).

HR(R) is like LB(B) or 'M(M).  In those and similar cases we find both
the biliteral and triliteral forms.  Just as we find LEV and L'VAV, we
find HAR and HARAR.

The construct for LEVAV is easy: L'VAVEI.  For HARAR it's more
difficult because of the guttural:  H'RAREI is impossible because of
the HEH.  HAR'REI (for slightly complex reasons) is next best, and
that's we find.  It's like 'AM'MEI in Nehemiah 9:24.

-Joel


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