From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: "Kevin W. Woodruff" <cierpke AT prodigy.net>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: "elephant" in Hebrew
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 19:12:14 +0200
I don't have an Akkadian dictionary handy, but if Iremember correctly,
the Akkadian word for elephant is "iru" (long i) making it almost
certainly a cognate of Heb "piyl", with an lmnr interchange.
Sincerely,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel