To: "'Yigal Levin'" <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hiram Hirom Huram
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:01:45 -0700
Yigal, thank you for the response.
I can see how AH = brother can be viewed as "big brother" in the sense of a
protector and someone who cares for you.
I didn't see Nir Cohen's post on this question and I am not finding it in my
emails. If it's possible to repost it without too much burden, I'll be
grateful.
Shabbat Shalom and Kol Tuv!
Bruryah
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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Yigal Levin
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hiram Hirom Huram
Hi Brurya,
Nir Cohen addressed this in his post from a couple of days ago. In general,
first of all, the position of the term "ahi" in such names is exactly where
we would expect a theophoric element to be. Specifically, it is though that
"brother" as a term of endearment, famility and so on could refer to the
deity.
Shabbat Shalom,
Yigal
From: Yodan [mailto:yodan AT yodanco.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 7:01 PM
To: 'Yigal Levin'
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Hiram Hirom Huram
Yigal, shalom again,
I hope this is not a bother...
I haven't heard back on my question, so I thought I'll re-send the email
below with the question "why would AH = brother" be used as a reference to
deity? I understand the use of father as God, but why brother?