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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: jimstinehart AT aol.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?
  • Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:32:35 -0400

I don't know and am not interested in the hypothetical "Hurrian", but a Hebrew name is not a word and may not mean what it appears to mean if it were a word. One may think that YAEL is an Ibex, but it needs not be so, the name may just happen to consist of the consonants Yod- Aiyn-Lamed.
In my humble opinion it is out of the question that the name YICXAQ יצחק means 'he will laugh'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Oct 6, 2011, at 3:55 PM, jimstinehart AT aol.com wrote:

Most Hurrian names mean something like “Praise Teshup” or “Teshup Is Firm”, etc.





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