Araunah
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Araunah was a Jebusite mentioned in the Second Book of Samuel, who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah which David purchased and used as the site for assembling an altar to God. The First Book o
King David purchasing the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite (19th/20th century)
David and Araunah making offerings at the altar (circle of Lambert Jacobsz, 17th century)
Hurrian language
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Hurrian is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language spoken by the Hurrians, a people who entered northern Mesopotamia around 2300 BC and had mostly vanished by 1000 BC. Hurrian was the language of the Mitan
Araunah
…biblical scholars believe that he may have been the local king at the time. The word araunah is not a personal name, but a title meaning "the lord" in Hurrian, which was borrowed into several languages of the ancient Near East. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer…
The Louvre lion and accompanying stone tablet bearing the earliest known text in Hurrian
Foundation tablet with a dedication to the god Nergal by the Hurrian king Atalshen, king of Urkish and Nawar, Habur Bassin, circa 2000 BC. (Louvre Museum AO 5678.) The text on the tablet reads:Of Nergal the lord of Hawalum, Atal-shen, the caring shepherd, the king of Urkesh and Nawar, the son of Sadar-mat the king, is the builder of the temple of Nergal, the one who overcomes opposition. Let Shamash and Ishtar destroy the seeds of whoever removes this tablet. Shaum-shen is the craftsman.