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The name Abraham is said to mean father of nations and that for Ham is said to be burnt or black. What I don’t yet understand is how the former was arrived at given the similarity of the spelling in Hebrew of ham in both names.

Hebrew is written from right to left

Abraham  אברהם

Ham            הם

Aren’t the meanings of words derivable from their roots?

I don’t yet know much about linguistics but am I not seeing an attempt to give Ham a bad name in order to hang him?

Why is the name HAM not said to mean NATION or MULTITUDE?


http://yemitom./2011/09/21/taking-the-ham-out-of-abraham-yes-or-no/