Talk:Biblical Elam
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the etymology of Elam is neither Hebrew nor Akkadian. It is Elamite. The word was borrowed into proto-Akkadian (as evidenced by the change of ha to e), and must have entered Hebrew from Akkadian. Akkadian is East Semitic, attested from ca. 2000 BC. Hebrew is a Central Semitic language, attested from ca. 800 BC, and even according to Jewish tradition (1400 BC instead of 800 BC) younger than Akkadian by half a millennium. Both Akkadian and Hebrew are equally descended from Proto-Semitic. That's beside the point here, since Elam isn't even Semitic, it's a loanword. dab (ᛏ) 11:11, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The Hebrew bible, incidentially, makes no claim that Hebrew was the "language of God". This point was argued over for centuries, kindly review (and expand!) Confusion of tongues. dab (ᛏ) 14:26, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
