rpʔ / Semitic roots

1. Hammurabi, from Akkadian ḫammurāpi, from Amorite *ʕammu-rāpiʔ, the (divine) kinsman (is) a healer, from *rāpiʔ, participle of *rapaʔa, to heal (*ʕammu, kinsman; see ʕmm).

2. Raphael, from Hebrew rəpāʔēl, God has healed, from rəpāʔ, he has healed, reduced form of rāpāʔ, to heal (ʔēl, God; see ʔl).