Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>]

jim,

i found your account of the name xwbh very interesting. but i also suspect
that wbh would hardly be used to denote U in semitic. 

meanwhile, near damaskus, a bit to the south-west, i localized a small 
town called der khabeyah. 

nir cohen

>>> De: JimStinehart AT aol.com
Assunto: Re: [b-hebrew] Hobah
Data: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:02:58 EST
Para: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

>>> The Early and Middle Bronze Age name for the Damascus area was the 
>>> Akkadian
word Apu or Apum,...