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“Names, Hypocoristic,” In Anchor Bible Dictionary, Dana M. Pike
“Names, Hypocoristic,” In Anchor Bible Dictionary, Dana M. Pike
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A hypocoristicon is generally a single-element name resulting from the shortening of an originally longer one. Hebrew names and Semitic names in general, were often composed of two elements (or, as was often the case in Akkadian names and sometimes the case with West Semitic ones, three elements) which formed a nominal or verbal sentence.