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'''Etymology'''

The Lehite [[Personal Name|PN]] '''H<small>AGOTH</small>''' may plausibly derive from the Hebrew הגה ''hāgâ'' “he mused, devised; meditated” ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/1.2?lang=eng#1 Psalms 1:2], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/2.1?lang=eng#1 2:1], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/38.12?lang=eng#1 38:12], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/63.6?lang=eng#1 63:6], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/77.12?lang=eng#1 77:12], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/143.5?lang=eng#1 143:5], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/1.8?lang=eng#7 Joshua 1:8]), and הגות ''hāgût'' “musing, meditation” in [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/49.3?lang=eng#2 Psalm 49:3] (verse 4 in Hebrew) – in either the intensive plural הגות ''hagôt'' “devisings,” or abstract “curious, skillful,” i.e., with either an abstract nominal termination in -''ôt'', -''ût'' typical of biblical Hebrew, Arabic, East Semitic, and Egyptian,<ref>Joüon & Muraoka, ''A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew'', 2nd ed., with corr., §§88Mj,k, 136f; Lipiński, ''Semitic Languages'', §§ 29.46 Egyptian ''iЗwt'' “old age,” 29.47 Hebrew ''ḥokmōt'' “wisdom,” 30.3 ''malkūt'' “kingship,” 31.16 Assyro-Babylonian ''šarrūtu'' “kingship”; Hebrew ''niplĕʼôt'' “wonders, wonderful things,” Williamson, ''Annotated Key'', 175 (Exodus 3:20); ''hammōṣĕʼôt'' “all the things which had befallen (them)” ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/2.23?lang=eng#22 Joshua 2:23]), cited in Williamson, ''Annotated Key'', 183, re Lambdin, ''Introduction to Biblical Hebrew'', lesson 41, exercise (a) note 2; Joel Burnett, ''A Reassessment of Biblical Elohim'' (Atlanta: SBL, 2001); A. Cowley & E. Kautzsch, ''Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar'', 2nd ed. (Oxford, 1910), § 145 h-o; the last two sources cited by Ryan C. Davies and Paul Y. Hoskisson, “Usage of the Title elohim in the Hebrew Bible and Early Latter-day Saints,” in A. Skinner, M. Davis, and C. Griffin, eds., ''Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown'' (Provo: Maxwell Institute/BYU, 2011), 113-135.</ref> or as an intensive plural.<ref>Cf. [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] “Bible Dictionary,” 620, at “[https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bd/behemoth?lang=eng&letter=b Behemoth].”</ref> The ''-ôt'' ending is used, in any case, as a termination for both feminine and masculine nouns.<ref>Joüon & Muraoka, ''A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew'', 2nd ed., with corr., §90d.</ref> Although the –''ot(h)'' ending looks like the feminine plural noun ending, this ending is also used in men’s names, cf. Lapidoth ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/judg/4.4?lang=eng#4 Judges 4:4]); Naboth ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-kgs/21.1%2003%2008%2009?lang=eng#1 1 Kings 21:1, 3, 8, 9], and passim); and Meraioth ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ezra/7.3?lang=eng Ezra 7:3], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/neh/11.11?lang=engNehemiah#11 11:11]; [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/neh/12.15?lang=eng#15 12:15]; [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/6.5,%207,%2052?lang=eng#5 1 Chronicles 6:5, 7, 52]; [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/9.11?lang=eng#11 9:11]), as well as the ending the Book of Mormon PN Hagoth ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/63.5?lang=eng#5 Alma 63:5]). Further, from the same root compare “meditation” in [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/19.14?lang=eng#13 Psalm 19:14] (verse 15 in Hebrew) and the technical term Higgaion in [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/9.16?lang=eng#15 Psalm 9:16] (verse 17 in Hebrew), possibly a musical directive.

'''H<small>AGOTH</small>''' is said to be “an exceedingly curious man,” where ''curious'' probably does not mean ''inquisitive'', but rather “careful; studious, attentive” ([[J. A. Simpson, The Oxford English dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon press, 1989.|''OED'']]),<ref>See also Noah Webster, ''An American Dictionary of the English Language'', 2 vols., 1st ed. (N.Y.: S. Converse, 1828), meaning #7, “wrought with care and art; elegant; neat; finished; as a curious girdle; curious work,” citing [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/28.8,27?lang=eng#7 Exodus 28:8,27], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/35.32?lang=eng#31 35:32] (''maḥašābōt''), meaning #8, “Requiring care and nicety; as curious arts,” citing [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/acts/19.19?lang=eng#18 Acts 19:19] (''perierga'' “magic”), online at http://machaut.uchicago.edu/websters .</ref> and “skillful; erudite; careful, diligent” (Chaucer),<ref>F. N. Robinson, ed., ''The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer'', 2nd ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957), 942.;

Webster, Noah. ''An American Dictionary of the English Language'', 2 vols., 1st ed. N.Y.: S. Converse, 1828. Online at http://machaut.uchicago.edu/websters .</ref> which fits well with the Hebrew root הגה ''hāgâ''.

Another possible Hebrew etymology for '''H<small>AGOTH</small>''' is a form of חגג ''ḥgg'', with its meanings of ''festival'', or pilgrimage in Arabic, ''ḥajj''; ''feast'' in Old South Arabic, ''ḥg, ḥgt''. The biblical masculine [[Personal Name|PN]] Haggai and the feminine Haggith derive from this root. Therefore, a hypothetical Hebrew word from this root, ''*ḥagôt'', with the abstract ending –''ôt'', could mean “jubilation, joy; pilgrimage.” The Hebrew word is also cognate with ancient Egyptian ''ḥЗg'' “be glad,” and the reduplicated Hebrew חגג ''ḥāgag'' “celebrate, dance,” with Egyptian ''ḥЗgЗg'' “rejoice.”

'''Variants'''

'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐐𐐁𐐘𐐉𐐛 (heɪɡɒθ)

'''Notes'''
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'''Bibliography'''

Belnap, Dan. “‘Wicked Traditions’ and ‘Cunning Arts’: Wise Men, Sorcery, and Metalwork in Nephite Society,” in D. Parry, G. Strathearn, and S. Hopkin, eds., ''“Seek Ye Words of Wisdom”: Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks'' (Provo: BYU Religious Education/ Interpreter Foundation, 2020), 1-28, online at  https://www.academia.edu/40780974/Wicked_Traditions_and_Cunning_Arts_Wise_Men_Sorcery_and_Metalwork_in_Nephite_Society?email_work_card=view-paper .

Joüon, P., and  T. Muraoka. ''A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew'', 2nd ed., with corr.  Rome: Gregorian & Biblical Press, 2011.

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