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  • From: JimStinehart AT aol.com
  • To: fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Seir and El Paran
  • Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:55:25 EST


Dr. Fournet:





1. $e-e-ir-ri at the Mitanni Letter IV: 115-118 is the same Hurrian word
as $e-e-ri in Amarna Letter EA 288: 26. Each of $e-e-ir-ri and $e-e-ri is
close to Biblical $(-R or $(-YR. Thus Genesis 14: 6 says that the
XR-Y/Hurrians lived at a place with a Hurrian name:
$e-e-ir-ri/$e-e-ri/$(-R/$(-YR.

Your comments about the allegedly Akkadian origin of the Hurrian word for “
king” have no relevance to this discussion. The point is that the Biblical
word $(-R, which is presented as being the name of a place where
Hurrians/XR-Y live, appears in the Mitanni Letter written in Hurrian.

2. Likewise, your claim that “eli is not a Hurrian word but a borrowing
from Akkadian” is also totally irrelevant. What’s relevant is the fact that
Genesis 14: 6 tells us that the XR-Y/Hurrians lived at )L P-)R-N, a Biblical
name that matches beautifully to the following word [regardless of its
ultimate origin] used by the Hurrians: “eli pu-ur-ni”.

Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois




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