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|Member of [[GADIANTON('S) ROBBERS|G<small>ADIANTON BAND</small>]], brother of Chief Judge [[SEEZORAM|S<small>EEZORAM</small>]]; ca. 23 BC both were murdered ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/9.26?lang=eng#25 Helaman 9:26])
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Lehite PN Member of Gadianton band, brother of Chief Judge Seezoram; ca. 23 BC both were murdered (Helaman 9:26)
'''Etymology'''


The element antum occurs in several Book of Mormon names, but remains unexplained. Perhaps in this name it is not a separate element, but the name rather consists of  
'''S<small>EANTUM</small>''' could be composed of two Semitic roots, ''šʾn'', as represented in the Hebrew שאן ''šĕʾān'', “place of rest”<ref>[[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'']]: שאן.</ref> and Ugaritic “to be at ease;”<ref>Manfred Dietrich and Oswald Loretz, ed. ''Analytic Ugaritic Bibliography'' 1792-1988. [[Alter Orient und altes Testament|AOAT]] 20/6 (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1996), 785.</ref> and ''tmm'' as found in Hebrew תם ''tōm'' and ''tūm'' meaning “perfection, in full measure”<ref>[[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'']]: תם.</ref> Therefore, the meaning of '''S<small>EANTUM</small>''' could be “place of complete rest” or “rest of perfection.
sean and the ending tum. Possible Semitic roots would include š/ś/sʿn  š/ś/sʾn.


Other suggestions include Egyptian prefix s3, “son” (JAT) and cognate of EgyptianHittite Sandon, Sandas (LID, 33, ABM, 238).
Were it not that Ugaritic ''suʾnu'' “hem, border” and Akkadian ''sūnu'' “hem” unequivocally have a /u/ vowel, it might be tempting to see a play on words in the text where he is first mentioned as “having blood on the skirts of his cloak” ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/9.26?lang=eng#25 Helaman 9:26]).
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Other suggestions include [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] prefix ''s3'', “son” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).
 
[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] has suggested a cognate of [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]]-Hittite Sandon, Sandas<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley, "Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites." John W. Welch, Darrell L. Matthews, and Stephen R. Callister, eds. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 5. Salt Lake City/Provo: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1988.|Hugh W. Nibley, ''Lehi in the Desert/The World of the Jaredites/There Were Jaredites'']] (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo: FARMS, 1988, 32; Id., [[Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon. 3rd ed. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 6. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, FARMS, 1988.|''An Approach to the Book of Mormon'']], (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo FARMS, 1989), 289</ref>.
 
Cf. Book of Mormon [[ANTUM|A<small>NTUM</small>]], [[SEEZORAM|S<small>EEZORAM</small>]], [[CEZORAM|C<small>EZORAM</small>]], et al., [[TEANCUM|T<small>EANCUM</small>]]
 
'''Variants'''
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐝𐐀𐐈𐐤𐐓𐐊𐐣 (siːæntʌm)
 
'''Notes'''
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Lehite PN 1. Member of GADIANTON BAND, brother of Chief Judge SEEZORAM; ca. 23 BC both were murdered (Helaman 9:26)

Etymology

SEANTUM could be composed of two Semitic roots, šʾn, as represented in the Hebrew שאן šĕʾān, “place of rest”[1] and Ugaritic “to be at ease;”[2] and tmm as found in Hebrew תם tōm and tūm meaning “perfection, in full measure”[3] Therefore, the meaning of SEANTUM could be “place of complete rest” or “rest of perfection.”

Were it not that Ugaritic suʾnu “hem, border” and Akkadian sūnu “hem” unequivocally have a /u/ vowel, it might be tempting to see a play on words in the text where he is first mentioned as “having blood on the skirts of his cloak” (Helaman 9:26).

Other suggestions include EGYPTIAN prefix s3, “son” (JAT).

Nibley has suggested a cognate of EGYPTIAN-Hittite Sandon, Sandas[4].

Cf. Book of Mormon ANTUM, SEEZORAM, CEZORAM, et al., TEANCUM

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐝𐐀𐐈𐐤𐐓𐐊𐐣 (siːæntʌm)

Notes


  1. HALOT: שאן.
  2. Manfred Dietrich and Oswald Loretz, ed. Analytic Ugaritic Bibliography 1792-1988. AOAT 20/6 (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1996), 785.
  3. HALOT: תם.
  4. Hugh W. Nibley, Lehi in the Desert/The World of the Jaredites/There Were Jaredites (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo: FARMS, 1988, 32; Id., An Approach to the Book of Mormon, (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo FARMS, 1989), 289
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