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|'''[[:Category:Biblical PN|Biblical PN]]'''
|'''[[:Category:Biblical PN|Biblical PN]]'''
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|Patriarch at the time of the Flood ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/10/22#22 Alma 10:22]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/6/7#7 Ether 6:7])
|Patriarch at the time of the Flood ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/10.22?lang=eng#21 Alma 10:22]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/22.9?lang=eng#8 3 Nephi 22:9 (x2)]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/6.7?lang=eng#6 Ether 6:7])
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|'''[[:Category:Jaredite PN|Jaredite PN]]'''
|'''[[:Category:Jaredite PN|Jaredite PN]]'''
|2.  
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|Usurper ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/7/14-15,18-21#14 Ether 7:14–15, 18–21])
|Usurper ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/7.14,%2015,%2018,%2019,%2020,%2021?lang=eng#13 Ether 7:14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21])
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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
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|Son of [[ZENIFF|Z<small>ENIFF</small>]], king of [[LEHINEPHI|L<small>EHINEPHI</small>]], ca. 121 BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/7/9#9 Mosiah 7:9]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/43/13#13 Alma 43:13])
|Son of [[ZENIFF|Z<small>ENIFF</small>]], king of [[LEHI-NEPHI|L<small>EHI-NEPHI</small>]], ca. 121 BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/7.9?lang=eng#8 Mosiah 7:9]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/11.1,%206,%208,%2017,%2018,%2027,%2029?lang=eng#primary 11:1 (x2), 6, 8, 17, 18, 27, 29]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/12.3,%2017?lang=eng#2 12:3, 17]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/13.5?lang=eng#4 13:5]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/17.11?lang=eng#10 17:11]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/18.1?lang=eng#primary 18:1]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/19.15?lang=eng#14 19:15]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/20.3?lang=eng#2 20:3]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/21.23?lang=eng#22 21:23 (x2)]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/21.30?lang=eng#29 21:30]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/23.1,%202,%209,%2012,%2013,%2031?lang=eng#primary 23:Preface, 1 (x2), 2, 9, 12, 13, 31]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/29.18?lang=eng#17 29:18]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/5.4?lang=eng#3 Alma 5:4]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/25.4,%2012?lang=eng#3 25:4, 12]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/43.13?lang=eng#12 43:13])
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|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
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|City and land, ca. 72 BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/16/3#3 Alma 16:3]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/49/12-15#12 49:12–15])
|City and land, ca. 72 BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/16.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 16:3]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/49.12,%2013,%2014,%2015?lang=eng#11 49:12, 13, 14, 15])
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For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. <ref>Some scholars have argued that '''NOAH''' is not a Semitic name derived from “rest,” as most of the biblical commentaries maintain. As one proposed option, the Hurrian language has been mentioned (Nibley, ABM, p. 290). The biblical name for the place the ark landed, the mountains of Ararat, located by Christian traditions in Eastern Turkey, means the mountains of Urartu, an Iron Age kingdom of Eastern Turkey that perhaps was founded by remnants or other ethnic Hurrians at the end of the upheavals of the Late Bronze Age. In any case, the discussion over the etymology of biblical N<small>OAH</small> only has bearing on the Book of Mormon if the discussion sheds light of the true etymology of a non-Semitic N<small>OAH</small>. Perhaps when the dust settles, it will be possible to suggest that the correct etymology of N<small>OAH</small> may point to possibilities for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] affinities.</ref>
'''Etymology'''


==Notes==
Until possible language affinities for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. With that caveat, the onomasticon does offer etymologies for some [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names, especially if it is possible that some [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names were translated into [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]], or were otherwise related to one or more Semitic languages.
 
'''N<small>OAH</small>''' is both a [[Personal Name|PN]] and [[Geographical Name|GN]] in [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] and [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] history, and is well known from the patriarchal narrative in the Bible. The biblical name נח is usually derived from the fairly common Semitic root נוח ''nūḫ'' meaning "to rest." However, [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/5.29?lang=eng#28 Genesis 5:29] seems to derive the name from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] word, נחם ''nḥm'', "to comfort."
 
Partly because biblical Noah predates the patriarchs, it has been argued by some scholars that '''N<small>OAH</small>''' does not derive from either ''nūḫ'' or ''nḥm'', but may derive from some other, possibly non-Semitic, source.<ref>For a discussion see [[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']], which, besides the two Hebrew etymologies, states, “? Short form of Hurrian ''Naḫmulel''.” Confer also Hugh Nibley, ''An Approach to the Book of Mormon'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988), 290; and N.A. Nozadze, ''Vocabulary of the Hurrian Language'' (Tbilisi: [[Society of Assyriologists, Bibliologists and Caucasiologists|SABC]], 2007), 250.</ref>
 
The Jaredite names may have been translated from [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] into [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]].
 
See NAHOM
 
'''Variants'''
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐤𐐄𐐂 (noʊɑː)
 
'''Notes'''
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Latest revision as of 12:11, 9 October 2023

Biblical PN 1. Patriarch at the time of the Flood (Alma 10:22; 3 Nephi 22:9 (x2); Ether 6:7)
Jaredite PN 2. Usurper (Ether 7:14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21)
Lehite PN 3. Son of ZENIFF, king of LEHI-NEPHI, ca. 121 BC (Mosiah 7:9; 11:1 (x2), 6, 8, 17, 18, 27, 29; 12:3, 17; 13:5; 17:11; 18:1; 19:15; 20:3; 21:23 (x2); 21:30; 23:Preface, 1 (x2), 2, 9, 12, 13, 31; 29:18; Alma 5:4; 25:4, 12; 43:13)
Lehite GN 4. City and land, ca. 72 BC (Alma 16:3; 49:12, 13, 14, 15)

Etymology

Until possible language affinities for JAREDITE names can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive. With that caveat, the onomasticon does offer etymologies for some JAREDITE names, especially if it is possible that some JAREDITE names were translated into NEPHITE, or were otherwise related to one or more Semitic languages.

NOAH is both a PN and GN in JAREDITE and NEPHITE history, and is well known from the patriarchal narrative in the Bible. The biblical name נח is usually derived from the fairly common Semitic root נוח nūḫ meaning "to rest." However, Genesis 5:29 seems to derive the name from the HEBREW word, נחם nḥm, "to comfort."

Partly because biblical Noah predates the patriarchs, it has been argued by some scholars that NOAH does not derive from either nūḫ or nḥm, but may derive from some other, possibly non-Semitic, source.[1]

The Jaredite names may have been translated from JAREDITE into NEPHITE.

See NAHOM

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐤𐐄𐐂 (noʊɑː)

Notes

  1. ↑ For a discussion see HALOT, which, besides the two Hebrew etymologies, states, “? Short form of Hurrian Naḫmulel.” Confer also Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988), 290; and N.A. Nozadze, Vocabulary of the Hurrian Language (Tbilisi: SABC, 2007), 250.
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