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  • From: "Zack ." <atdgz AT hotmail.com>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Addition of Heh to names
  • Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:46:15 +0000


The Bibles tells us that with the move to monotheism the names of Avram and
Sarai were changed to Avraham and Sarah.

I wonder whether other than the biblical explanation and story, were the
heh-less names of Avram and Sarai typical in the region at large and has the
addition of hehs to names been a convention seen elsewhere or having a
significance other than that of the biblical context? Would it have a known
semantic evolution, characteristic or significance of no religious conotation
or explanation?

Gad
Canada




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