Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

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GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
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From: "Zack ." <atdgz AT hotmail.com<mailto:atdgz AT hotmail.com>>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:46:15 +0000
To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Addition of Heh to names


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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