I wonder if the Syriac 'SYR' here might be more original than the Hebrew
SYR'. 'ASYR of course means "captive" and might imply that the author's
grandfather had been a captive in Babylon. The link with "thorn" is
interesting, but the priestly surname you mention is not SYR but QWC, so
why the change?
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