Ḫiriḫibi is the conventional vocalization of ḫrḫb, a name of a deity known only from a single Ugaritic text, the myth Marriage of Nikkal and Yarikh.
The nature of the deity whose name is written as ḫrḫb in the Ugaritic alphabetic script is uncertain, though most authors agree that he was a Hurrian god in origin.
[8] Based on evidence from texts from the reign of Tiglath-Pileser I, Mount Ḫiriḫi was located in the area Assyrians referred to as Ḫabḫi, located to the north and northeast of Assyrian lands, close to the land of Pabḫi, presumed to be the area around Mount Judi, and to the upper sections of the rivers Khabur and Great Zab.
[13] This view relies on the presumed similarity of Ugaritic compound ‘aġzt and the Akkadian term aḫūzatu, designating a special type of protective relationship between the head of a household and a single woman, in some regards comparable to marriage, though not identical with it.
[4] Some researchers, including Aicha Rahmouni, argue that due to limited evidence it is best to consider mlk ‘aġzt impossible to translate.
[5] It is assumed the myth originated somewhere in Upper Mesopotamia,[2] and that it was either a direct translation of a presently unknown Hurrian composition or at least an adaptation.
[2] A reference to Dagan and his cult center Tuttul is sometimes considered evidence in favor of seeking the myth's origin outside Ugarit.
[22] It is not known if presenting Yarikh with alternate potential brides reflects a hitherto unknown custom which was a part of marriage negotiations in Ugarit.
Starting with the earlier editions of the text, it was often assumed that a broken passage directly calls Nikkal bt ḫrḫb, "the daughter of Ḫiriḫibi," a restoration first proposed by Harold Louis Ginsberg in 1939, but Aicha Rahmouni notes that it remains speculative, and there are no other direct evidence for these two deities being regarded as father and daughter.