They are both Arabic words, did he spend some in persian? Sent via BlackBerry® from BT -----Original Message----- From: Jan Moon <janmoon52@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 01:39:51 To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LIN] Biblical Names  I have a few of those as well - was Elam a person? My great grandfather named two of his houses Elam. I also have the name Salah, which I don't know from where it came.Jan Moon  > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4835 - Release Date: 02/27/12 > >  > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message                                          ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message