Talk:Yaqub-Har

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Could "Jacob-Har" mean "Jacob the Hurrian [cf. Biblical Horites]" ?24.143.65.75 (talk) 10:41, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

According Ryholt, The political situation in Egypt during the second intermediate period, p.127,150, regarding Sakir-Har:

"The name Sakir-Har is evidently a theo-phorous name, compounded with Har, Canaanite harru, 'mountain'. This sacred, or deified, mountain, is attested in at least two other names, which are both West Semitic, and so there is reason to suspect the present name also may be West Semitic...  Accordingly, the name here under consideration would mean '[Sakir] of Har'...  The deified mountain Har is attested in the name Sakir-Har"

'''Now, Jacob-Har has been linked to the Biblical Jacob (perhaps a grandson?). Could, therefore, Har be the Biblical Mt. Horeb ??'''24.143.65.75 (talk) 10:57, 10 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Even if you are right, there's little that can be done with your speculation here, unless it appears in a published source, I'm afraid. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 12:12, 10 June 2011 (UTC)