Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr>]

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From: JimStinehart AT aol.com
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Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Asher again


Dr. Fournet:

I had written to Uzi:  “[J]ust look at all the vintage Hurrian names in the 
Patriarchal narratives:  $N(R, )RYWK, BR(, BR%(, $M)BR, $N)B, XCCN TMR, 
(PRWN, )YLWN, and B)RY.  Those are vintage Late Bronze Age Hurrian names 
that would have been incomprehensible to all later Biblical authors.”

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I wonder if these kings are not indeed Kassite

BR( could be Buri-aa  (he is ?) King
BR% could be BuriaS  King of the land
Buri is the Kassite form of Hurrian ebri and it does have a voiced initial.

SM)BR could be Young King
Simbi is attested as meaning young

Has this already been proposed?

Arnaud Fournet