Note 378 — Chapter VI · THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONARCHY
Reading edition
See above, p. 244. The Hebrew Samuel could also represent a Babylonian Sumu-il, ‘Sumu is God’ or ‘the name of God,’ which we actually find in early Babylonian contracts.
Reading edition
See above, p. 244. The Hebrew Samuel could also represent a Babylonian Sumu-il, ‘Sumu is God’ or ‘the name of God,’ which we actually find in early Babylonian contracts.