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Subject: Re: Asdrubal
Author: Mike C   (Authenticated as Mike C)
Date: August 27, 2001 at 4:06:26 PM
Reply to: Asdrubal by Edgar Valdez
I found a short blurb on a Hungarian website saying that Hasdrubal/Asdrubal is composed of the elements Azru and Baal meaning "Baal helps" (compare Hannibal , his brother's name).

The website is now defunct but you can view it in Google's cache:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:X6a02Pr_H_0:www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/egyeb/lexikon/pallas/html/009/pc000909.html+hasdrubal+baal+azru&hl=en

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