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On Siloam, Jerusalem etc
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According the [untranslated in English] research of a Greek fellow Athenagoras Eleutheriou, many Hebrew words that including SL, SLM and names such as Saul, Salomon, Selem, Siloam and even the Greek Salamis refer to water, and particularly to water that springs forth from rocky terrain. He claims that Jerusalem has the same origin, and quotes Strabo as describing Jerusalem as a town with many springs that is surrounded by rocky and arid terrain.
I wonder if this theory "holds water"?
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interesting!although in Hebrew all this names actually begin with SH, and have different meanings.
But it would be interesting to know how he came to that. Maybe it has to do with the words SELA (rock), and MAYIM (water).
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