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| | |“waters of” ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.34?lang=eng#33 Alma 17:34], [http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/18.7?lang=eng#6 18:7], [http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/19.20-21?lang=eng#19 19:20-21]), “water of” ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.26?lang=eng#25 17:26]), “the place | ||
of water” for the flocks of King '''[[LAMONI]]''' in the land of '''[[ISHMAEL]]''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.26-32?lang=eng#25 Alma | |||
17:26-32]) during the early 1st century B.C. | |||
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'''SEBUS''' | '''SEBUS''' may reflect a West Semitic root ''śbs'' “to gather, assemble (persons).” PYH suggests the meaning “Place of Gathering” for '''SEBUS'''. The root appears as an Aramaic loan word in Neo-Babylonian texts as a verb (''us-sa-ab-bi-is'') and as an adjective (''su-ub-bu-su-tu'').<ref>''CAD'' S 341, at subbusu. See also von Soden, ''AHw'', 1053, where it is translated as “be heaped together, to get together.”</ref> This same root may be reflected in the hapax legomenon ''śbs'' in [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/5.11?lang=eng#10 Amos 5:11], where it apparently refers to the collecting of a grain payment.<ref>See ''HALOT'' at שׂבס.</ref> | ||
Less likely is an Egyptian etymology from *''š-bs'', “lake of initiation” (RFS), because one would expect *''Shebus'', rather than Book of Mormon '''SEBUS'''. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite GN]] | [[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite GN]] | ||
Revision as of 11:02, 2 January 2012
| Lehite GN | 1. | “waters of” (Alma 17:34, 18:7, 19:20-21), “water of” (17:26), “the place
of water” for the flocks of King LAMONI in the land of ISHMAEL ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.26-32?lang=eng#25 Alma 17:26-32]) during the early 1st century B.C. |
SEBUS may reflect a West Semitic root śbs “to gather, assemble (persons).” PYH suggests the meaning “Place of Gathering” for SEBUS. The root appears as an Aramaic loan word in Neo-Babylonian texts as a verb (us-sa-ab-bi-is) and as an adjective (su-ub-bu-su-tu).[1] This same root may be reflected in the hapax legomenon śbs in Amos 5:11, where it apparently refers to the collecting of a grain payment.[2]
Less likely is an Egyptian etymology from *š-bs, “lake of initiation” (RFS), because one would expect *Shebus, rather than Book of Mormon SEBUS.
