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Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. | Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. | ||
It would be tempting to see in '''E<small>SROM</small>''' the biblical name, attested in the New Testament as Esrom ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/1.3?lang=eng#2 Matthew 1:3] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/luke/3.33?lang=eng#32 Luke 3:33]) and in the Old Testament as Hezron ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/46.9?lang=eng#8 Genesis 46:9]), which may come from [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''ḥeṣrôn'' “enclosure”<ref>Wade Kotter, “Hezron,” in Freedman, ed., [[ | It would be tempting to see in '''E<small>SROM</small>''' the biblical name, attested in the New Testament as Esrom ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/1.3?lang=eng#2 Matthew 1:3] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/luke/3.33?lang=eng#32 Luke 3:33]) and in the Old Testament as Hezron ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/46.9?lang=eng#8 Genesis 46:9]), which may come from [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''ḥeṣrôn'' “enclosure”<ref>Wade Kotter, “Hezron,” in Freedman, ed., [[David Freedman, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1992.|''ABD'']], III:194.</ref> With '''E<small>SROM</small>''', the –''om'' may be a nominalizing element, such as possibly on the name Gershom ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/2.22?lang=eng#21 Exodus 2:22]). (In [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] both –''om'' and –''on'' are nominalizing elements.) | ||
Perhaps related to [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] Hezron is the Edomite PN Ezer from the root ''ʾṣr'', “to store up.”<ref> [[Abbreviations|''HALOT'']].</ref> | Perhaps related to [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] Hezron is the Edomite PN Ezer from the root ''ʾṣr'', “to store up.”<ref> [[Abbreviations|''HALOT'']].</ref> | ||
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| Jaredite PN | 1. | Son of OMER, a JAREDITE king (Ether 8:4-6). |
Etymology
Until a possible language origin for JAREDITE can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive.
It would be tempting to see in ESROM the biblical name, attested in the New Testament as Esrom (Matthew 1:3 and Luke 3:33) and in the Old Testament as Hezron (Genesis 46:9), which may come from HEBREW ḥeṣrôn “enclosure”[1] With ESROM, the –om may be a nominalizing element, such as possibly on the name Gershom (Exodus 2:22). (In HEBREW both –om and –on are nominalizing elements.)
Perhaps related to HEBREW Hezron is the Edomite PN Ezer from the root ʾṣr, “to store up.”[2]
Still another possibility is HEBREW ʿēzer “help,” which is attested in HEBREW PNs such as Ezra, Ezer, Ezri,[3] Ebenezer, etc. (JAT). This suggestion would also require the nominalizing element –om.
See EZROM / EZRUM, ZEEZROM / ZEEZRUM.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐇𐐝𐐡𐐊𐐣 (ɛsrʌm)
Notes
