CE included both strictly local deities and Phoenician, Mesopotamian and Arabian ones, names with the element yrḥ refer to the local god Yarhibol, rather than Yarikh. He was regarded as a solar deity. However, it is possible that he was originally a moon god, and only developed his solar traits attested in historical sources secondarily. Alternatively, his name might have instead been derived from Arabic yarḫu, "spring," which is argued to fit his association with the Palmyrene spring Efca. References Bibliography Lunar gods Ugaritic deities Phoenician mythology Ancient Jericho Deities in the Hebrew Bible Mesopotamian gods