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|ONITAH PN of royal pedigree, from Ham | |ONITAH PN father of three virgins, of royal pedigree, from Ham ([http://lds.org/scriptures/pgp/abr/1.11?lang=eng#10 Abraham 1:11]) | ||
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Cf. the Demotic expression ''ʼwn tЗ'' “pillar of the land” in Papyrus Leiden 384 vo. 1*/13 (Johnson, ''OMRO'' 56).<ref>J. Johnson, ''Chicago Demotic Dictionary'' (Oriental Institute, Univ of Chicago, 2012), “T,” page 46, online at https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/CDD_T.pdf .</ref> Or possibly the closely related hypothetical Egyptian *''ʼIwn(w)-tЗ'' “Heliopolis-land,” since Hebrew transliterates these words as ʼ''ōn'' (Genesis 41:45,50, 46:20; Coptic ''ōne''<ref>On probable Coptic ''ōne'', see Černý, ''Coptic Etymological Dictionary'', 356.</ref> ) and ''ta'' (as in ''Taḥpěnēs'', Jeremiah 2:16 = Egyptian GN ''TЗ-ḥt-pЗ-nḥsy''). | Cf. the Demotic expression ''ʼwn tЗ'' “pillar of the land” in Papyrus Leiden 384 vo. 1*/13 (Johnson, ''OMRO'' 56).<ref>J. Johnson, ''Chicago Demotic Dictionary'' (Oriental Institute, Univ of Chicago, 2012), “T,” page 46, online at https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/CDD_T.pdf .</ref> Or possibly the closely related hypothetical Egyptian *''ʼIwn(w)-tЗ'' “Heliopolis-land,” since Hebrew transliterates these words as ʼ''ōn'' (Genesis 41:45,50, 46:20; Coptic ''ōne''<ref>On probable Coptic ''ōne'', see Černý, ''Coptic Etymological Dictionary'', 356.</ref> ) and ''ta'' (as in ''Taḥpěnēs'', Jeremiah 2:16 = Egyptian GN ''TЗ-ḥt-pЗ-nḥsy''). | ||
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| Pearl of Great Price PN | 1. | ONITAH PN father of three virgins, of royal pedigree, from Ham (Abraham 1:11) |
Cf. the Demotic expression ʼwn tЗ “pillar of the land” in Papyrus Leiden 384 vo. 1*/13 (Johnson, OMRO 56).[1] Or possibly the closely related hypothetical Egyptian *ʼIwn(w)-tЗ “Heliopolis-land,” since Hebrew transliterates these words as ʼōn (Genesis 41:45,50, 46:20; Coptic ōne[2] ) and ta (as in Taḥpěnēs, Jeremiah 2:16 = Egyptian GN TЗ-ḥt-pЗ-nḥsy).
There is also Egyptian wnt3, as part of a canal name near the first cataract, and wnt as a district name in the Book of the Dead.[3]
Val Sederholm suggests Middle Egyptian PN ˁndi “Sound, Hale.”[4]
Variant: On-i-tas ??
Notes
- ↑ J. Johnson, Chicago Demotic Dictionary (Oriental Institute, Univ of Chicago, 2012), “T,” page 46, online at https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/CDD_T.pdf .
- ↑ On probable Coptic ōne, see Černý, Coptic Etymological Dictionary, 356.
- ↑ Budge, Book of the Dead, 975.
- ↑ Citing H. Ranke, Die aegyptischen personennamen I 70, 11-12; 72, 8-9; Gardiner, EG, Sign-List V26, online at http://valsederholm.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-royal-name-onitah-in-lds-book-of.html .
Bibliography
Černý, Jaroslav. Coptic Etymological Dictionary. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976
