From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: "elephant" in Hebrew
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 22:49:22 +0200
"Jonathan D. Safren" wrote:
> 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,
Oops! I meant "piru".
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Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel