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|Wife of Lehi No. 1, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 2:5; 8:14)
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SARIAH is the name of the wife of LEHI, the first prophet in the Book of Mormon, and would mean “Jehovah is (my) prince/ruler. A similar etymology, “princess of Jehovah,” was proposed years ago.”
'''Etymology'''


This etymology has been born out recently. This feminine personal name SARIAH is attested, albeit in a partial restoration, in the Aramaic papyri of Elephantine, appearing in Papyrus #22. Although the language of the documents is Aramaic, the author observes that the names are in fact Hebrew.  Line 4 of C-22 lists the personal name as śry[h br]t hwš‘ br ḥrmn, which may be vocalized as Saria[h bar]at Hoshea bar Harman and translated as “Sari[ah daugh]ter of Hoshea son of Harman.” As the brackets indicate, the author has reconstructed part of the text, supplying the final h of Sariah and the initial b and r of barat, but the spacing of the letters is reasonable, and the reconstructed text established by the author has been accepted as accurate. “The extant final t of barat assures us,” observes Jeffrey Chadwick, <ref>[[Jeffrey R. Chadwick]]“that the person was a daughter, not a son and, after the letters b-r are supplied, there is only room for one additional letter—the final h of Sariah.” Further, although SARIAH is not attested as a woman’s name in the Old Testament, it is mentioned nineteen times in its masculine form, Seraiah, שריה, in reference to nine persons. (PYH)
'''S<small>ARIAH</small>''' appears to be the feminine form of the biblical name Seraiah שריה, attested nineteen times in reference to nine individuals.<ref>For an excellent initial treatment of Book of Mormon '''S<small>ARIAH</small>''' see [[John A. Tvedtnes]], [[John Gee]] and [[Matthew Roper]], “Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions,” ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' 9/1 (2000): 43. For examples of ''Seraiah'' spelled שריה, see [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-kgs/25.18?lang=eng#17 2 Kings 25:18]; [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/neh/12.12?lang=eng#16 Nehemiah 12:12]; [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/jer/40.8?lang=eng#25 Jeremiah 40:8]; and [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/4.13?lang=eng#12 1 Chronicles 4:13]; and for the spelling שריהו see [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/jer/36.26?lang=eng#25 Jeremiah 36:26]. There are examples in [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] of the same name being used for a man or a woman, though it is not the norm.  For example, Abijah is an Israelite man’s name (e.g., Abiah in [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/6.28?lang=eng#27 1 Chronicles 6:28] and [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/7.8?lang=eng#7 7:8]) as well as a woman’s name—the name of Hezekiah’s mother (e.g., [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-chr/29.1?lang=eng#primary 2 Chronicles 29:1]). In the Anglo-American tradition of naming are the interchangeable man’s and woman’s names Aubrey, Dana, Jordan, Kim, Leslie, Morgan, Robin, Shirley, Stac(e)y, and Tracy.</ref>  '''S<small>ARIAH</small>''' is probably composed, like the biblical Seraiah, of the common Semitic vocable ''śr'', meaning “commander, official, prince, advisor,” etc., in West Semitic; and the specifically [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] theophoric element ''yāh'', a shortened form of the tetragrammaton ''yhwh'' (Jehovah). The name could mean, “commander of Jehovah,” or “prince of Jehovah," or even "the prince is Jehovah.”


The name is composed common Hebrew (and Semitic) elements, and would mean  Jehovah is (my) prince/ruler, which is the meaning of the masculine biblical personal name Seraiah.   The first element of her name, sar, stems from the common Semitic root  rr (the reduplicated r is not represented in most Semitic scripts), and is exemplified in Hebrew name Sar(ah), r(h), “prince(ness),” and in Akkadian by šarru, king. At the same time, it is not surprising to note that the ending of Sariahs is identical to the common Hebrew theophoric element of the shortened form for Jehovah. In fact, Jeremiah 36:26 preserves the full theophoric element of the biblical name Seraiah, śryhw. Because it declares both allegiance to and honor of Jehovah, Jehovah is (my) prince/ruler would be an appropriate name for the wife of a prophet of God. (SDR)</ref>(SDR)
As a [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] feminine personal name '''S<small>ARIAH</small>''' שריה is attested in the Aramaic papyri found in Elephantine, [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPT</small>]], D9.14.5 and C3.15.4, where it is written שריה ברת ''śryh brt [...] hrmn'' and ''śry[h br]t hwš‘ br hrmn'' respectively.<ref>Bezalel Porten and Jerome A. Lund , ''Aramaic Documents from Egypt: A Key-Word-in-Context Concordance'' (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002), 416, label שריה as a [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] feminine name, Serayah.</ref>  Although the language of the documents is Aramaic, the names are in fact [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]]. Additionally, the name ''śryhw'' occurs on biblical period seals.<ref>See Nahman Avigad and Benjamin Sass, ''Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals'' (Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sociences and Humanities, 1997), 122, 134, 163,189, and 237.</ref>  
([[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH]] and [[Stephen D. Ricks|SDR]])


Cf. Biblical [[SARAI]] and [[SARAH]] (also named in the Book of Mormon)
Cf. Biblical Sarai and [[SARAH|S<small>ARAH</small>]] (also named in the Book of Mormon)
==Notes==
 
'''Variants'''
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐝𐐁𐐡𐐌𐐂 (seɪraɪɑː)
 
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'''Bibliography'''
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*[[Jeffrey R. Chadwick]] "The Names Lehi and Sariah—Language and Meaning." [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=9&num=1&id=389 ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' 9, no. 1 (2000): 32-34.]
*[[Jeffrey R. Chadwick]] "Sariah in the Elephantine Papyri." [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=2&num=2&id=40 ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' 2, no. 2 (1993): 196-200.]
*[[Daniel H. Ludlow]]. ''A Companion to your Study of the Book of Mormon.'' Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1969.
*[[Camille Fronk Olsen]] "Desert Epiphany: Sariah and the Women in 1 Nephi." [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=9&num=2&id=222 ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' 9, no. 2 (2000): 4-15.]
*[[Henry A. Smith]] “Interesting Clipping.” Church News 35 (September 11, 1965): 6; reprint from "Chiapas Find of Relevance to Document." El Paso Times, July 5, 1965.
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Latest revision as of 00:08, 25 October 2023

Lehite PN 1. Wife of LEHI No. 1, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 1:Preface; 2:5; 5:1, 6; 8:14)

Etymology

SARIAH appears to be the feminine form of the biblical name Seraiah שריה, attested nineteen times in reference to nine individuals.[1] SARIAH is probably composed, like the biblical Seraiah, of the common Semitic vocable śr, meaning “commander, official, prince, advisor,” etc., in West Semitic; and the specifically HEBREW theophoric element yāh, a shortened form of the tetragrammaton yhwh (Jehovah). The name could mean, “commander of Jehovah,” or “prince of Jehovah," or even "the prince is Jehovah.”

As a HEBREW feminine personal name SARIAH שריה is attested in the Aramaic papyri found in Elephantine, EGYPT, D9.14.5 and C3.15.4, where it is written שריה ברת śryh brt [...] hrmn and śry[h br]t hwš‘ br hrmn respectively.[2] Although the language of the documents is Aramaic, the names are in fact HEBREW. Additionally, the name śryhw occurs on biblical period seals.[3] (PYH and SDR)

Cf. Biblical Sarai and SARAH (also named in the Book of Mormon)

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐝𐐁𐐡𐐌𐐂 (seɪraɪɑː)

Notes

  1. ↑ For an excellent initial treatment of Book of Mormon SARIAH see John A. Tvedtnes, John Gee and Matthew Roper, “Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions,” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9/1 (2000): 43. For examples of Seraiah spelled שריה, see 2 Kings 25:18; Nehemiah 12:12; Jeremiah 40:8; and 1 Chronicles 4:13; and for the spelling שריהו see Jeremiah 36:26. There are examples in HEBREW of the same name being used for a man or a woman, though it is not the norm. For example, Abijah is an Israelite man’s name (e.g., Abiah in 1 Chronicles 6:28 and 7:8) as well as a woman’s name—the name of Hezekiah’s mother (e.g., 2 Chronicles 29:1). In the Anglo-American tradition of naming are the interchangeable man’s and woman’s names Aubrey, Dana, Jordan, Kim, Leslie, Morgan, Robin, Shirley, Stac(e)y, and Tracy.
  2. ↑ Bezalel Porten and Jerome A. Lund , Aramaic Documents from Egypt: A Key-Word-in-Context Concordance (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002), 416, label שריה as a HEBREW feminine name, Serayah.
  3. ↑ See Nahman Avigad and Benjamin Sass, Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals (Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sociences and Humanities, 1997), 122, 134, 163,189, and 237.

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