Shalom and thanks for the response. I know the root HRM (XRM) has several
meanings, e.g. devote, dedicate, ban, confiscate, and others, but I was
unaware that it is also “tall, massive, mighty”. Aside from the name Hermon,
are there other examples of the use of words or names of the root HRM with
this meaning?
Thanks,
Bruryah
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From: Isaac Fried [mailto:if AT math.bu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:05 AM
To: yodan AT yodanco.com
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hiram Hirom Huram
If XIRAM is a word, and I am usually against seeing a proper name as a word,
of the root XRM, 'tall and massive, mighty', as in mount XERMON, then the
variants of
this name provide an interesting example to the alternate uses of the
personal pronoun
IY, as in היא HIY; U, as in הוא; and O, as in שלו $EL-O, 'his'.
The purpose of the inserted personal pronouns is to add the declaration "he
is", to XRM.