Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Zack ." <atdgz AT hotmail.com>]

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