ARAB & ARABIAN ARE NOT EQUAL.

Submitted by IamJoseph (Australia), May 12, 2010 at 22:00

Oh I forgot and this is from Versteegh's "The Arabic language"

"the earliest attested use of this name 'rb (3rb).......in a cuniiform inscription dating from 853BCE the Assyrian king Salmanassar III mentions as one of his adversaries Gindibu from the land of Arbi or Arbaya"

Oh and in your bizarre world let me guess king Salmanassar and Versteegh made this up right?

And this is our dear iam's reply

Read and laugh

The reference is bogus. It is mentioned that this is the first reference to ARAB - but this is false, seen when the original texts are examined.The full text is here: Thishttp://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/rp/rp204/rp20413.htm is the revelant passage - note there is no word ARAB, while there is Israel and an Israelite King mentioned by name, proving that there is no error here concerning the text neglecting to mention ARAB when its states only ARABIAN [94]:91. of the [country] of Damascus, 700 chariots, 700 litters (?) (and) 10,000 men from Irkhulêni the Hamathite, woo chariots (and) 10,000 men from Ahab92. the Israelite; 5 500 men from the Guans; 6 1000 men from the Egyptians; 10 chariots (and) 10,000 men from the Irqanatians; 7p. 7193. 200 men from Matinu-ba'al the Arvadite; 200 men from the Usanatians; 1 30 chariots (and) 10,000 men94. from Adunu-ba'al the Shianian; 2 1000 camels from Gindibu'i the Arabian; 3 (and) … 00 men95. from Ba'asha, the son of Rukhubi 4 of the country of Ammon 5—these 12 kings 6 he took to his assistance; to [offer]http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/rp/rp204/rp20413.htm

Hello: do you really who is really an Arabian? Hello: he is an Arab

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No sir. Arabian is NOT the same as ARAB. The entire region was known as Arabia before Arabs existed. ARVI is not ARAB. You cannot post a single reference of the word ARAB pre-500 BCE.

Also, we have subsequently no ARAB King, queen, relics, coins, monuments before the 500 BCE date. Egypt was in Arabia - and the later Arab race invaded this country in the 7th centuary - read: Egypt was Arabian but not ARAB. The Hebrews existed in Arabia over 3000 years ago - they were not ARAB. The Persians, Kurds, Coptics - who still exist today, are from Arabia - they were not Arab. King Darius was not an Arab. We have a host of advanced, alphaebtical, historical Hebrew books - none of them includes the term ARAB.

You have to produce more than ARVI and ARABIAN to prove ARAB pre-500 BCE. This is hardly a big ask - you should have 1000's of such examples. You first stated the above reference has the word ARAB - I produced the exact text which refutes what you said: there is word ARAB there, or anyplace else pre-500 BCE. The term IBRAHIM is not original but post-Latin; the original is with a V [AVRAHAM].

Please post a reference of the term 'ARAB' ore-500 BCE. Or else:

Check mate.

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