Note 346 — Chapter V · THE MOST PROMINENT FIGURES IN HEBREW MYTHOLOGY.
R. (Russell) Martineau translation
In Assyrian the Moon is called arḥu, with a mere hamzâ (Schrader, Assyr.-babyl. Keilinschr., p. 282). In Arabic the reverse has happened; from warch (yârêach) has been formed the verb arracha ‘to fix the time (by the lunar calendar), to date,’ the w (Heb. y) being weakened into hamzâ (aleph). Whether the Coptic Ioh and Arabic yûḥ are connected with yârêach (the abrasion of r is not uncommon), is another question.