Editing Resheph (section)

===Etymology===
The etymology of Resheph's name is uncertain.{{sfn|Xella|1999|p=701}}{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=8}} According to Michael P. Streck, it is derived from the [[Root (linguistics)|root]] ''ršp'', and its cognates include [[Amorite language|Amorite]] ''yarśap'' (“to flame”), an element of personal names attested in texts from the [[Old Babylonian period]], and the [[Nominal (linguistics)|nominal]] ''rišp-'', “flame” or “fever”, present in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic]].{{sfn|Streck|2008|p=252}} This possibility is the most commonly proposed explanation in scholarship, though it did not find universal support, and Maciej M. Münnich notes that it rests on [[biblical]] evidence, which comes at most from the sixth century BCE, in contrast with the oldest attestations of Resheph, which date back to the twenty fourth century BCE, with no sources supporting this derivation from within the nearly two thousand year period separating them.{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=8}} Streck, despite his support for this proposal, acknowledges the nature of the connection between the presumed meaning of Resheph's name and his character is not fully clear.{{sfn|Streck|2008|p=252}} A second proposal is to link his name with [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] ''rašābu(m)'', “to destroy”, and ''rašbu(m)'', “terrifying, horrible”{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=8}} This view is supported by authors such as [[Jean-Marie Durand]], but it similarly did not find universal support.{{sfn|Streck|2008|p=252}} Paolo Xella notes that all of the proposed etymologies might be the result of [[circular reasoning]], as they depend on the available information about Resheph's character.{{sfn|Xella|1999|p=701}}