Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

I think you are aware of the far from complete, and only tentative,  
knowledge of this resurrected language you call Hurrian.
I would look for the meaning (which in my opinion should be of a  
physical nature) of the name in the related Hebrew roots

גבר גפר
הבר
חבר חפר חור
כבר כפר
קבר

possibly referring to a group or a pile of houses covering a hill.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Oct 5, 2010, at 9:43 AM, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:

> and the name meaning “Heaven” or “My
> Heaven”.  In that case, the root XBR is a noun, being the Hurrian  
> noun meaning “
> heaven” or “sky”.