SHUM

Lehite noun

1.

Measure for Gold weight, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:5, 9)

Etymology

The most obvious possibility is HEBREW שום šūm (Akkadian šūmu, Sumerian s u m, Arabic tūm, Aramaic tūmâʾ) “garlic,” an unusual but not implausible name for a measure of gold.

Less likely as the source for SHUM are Semitic cognates of HEBREW שם šēm, “name, monument,” e.g., Akkadian šumu. This root appears in the Ebla PNs ṭubi- šum and išma-šum as the theophoric element, according to Dahood (in Pettinato, Archives) (JAT).

Unlikely is the meaning *”to value” for shum (Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, IV, p. 282).

(SHUM is not in the Bible, but it is found in MOSES 7:5,7)

Cf. Book of Mormon SHEM, SHIM, et al.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐟𐐊𐐣 (ʃʌm)

Notes

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